Pope Francis will become the first pope to meet the spiritual leader of the world’s Sunni Muslims at the Vatican on Monday. Sheik Ahmed el-Tayeb, the grand imam of Cairo’s Al-Azhar, the most prestigious institution in Sunni Islam, will have the unprecedented private audience with the Holy Father after he received an invitation from the Vatican in February. [1]
Pope to meet Sunni leader
Edward Pentin, NC RegisterMonday, May 23, 2016
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