Update: Pope Pleads For Peace In Historic Meeting With Powerful Shiite Cleric In Iraq

Zero Hedge: On Saturday Pope Frances traveled to the Shia holy city of Najaf while on his four-day papal visit to Iraq – the first ever such trip by the head of the Roman Catholic Church. There he held a historic and somewhat controversial meeting with the country’s top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, amid a massive security presence. “Persia, Cush and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets, 6 also Gomer with all its troops,