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  • Pope’s trip to Morocco to highlight Christian-Muslim ties

    03/30/2019 4:30:52 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 32 replies
    Associated Press ^ | March 30, 2019 | Nicole Winfield and Amira El Masaiti
    Pope Francis’s weekend trip to Morocco aims to highlight the North African nation’s tradition of Christian-Muslim ties while also letting him show solidarity with migrants at Europe’s door and tend to a tiny Catholic flock on the peripheries. Francis will address the first two items on the agenda Saturday when he begins his 27-hour visit to Rabat, the Moroccan capital. He’ll tend to the third when he wraps up the visit with a Mass and a meeting with Moroccan clergy on Sunday. “Morocco has always been a pioneer in initiatives of dialogue with Christians,” said Abdellah Boussouf, an Islamologist and...