Lee Keath - Associated Press

In this Feb. 20, 2017 file photo, an Indonesian al-Azhar university student, center, and an elderly Egyptian woman pray at al-Azhar Mosque, in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

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Pope Francis enters Egypt at a time of intense conflict between religion and politics

by Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press, Lee Keath - Associated Press and Mariam Fam - Associated Press April 26, 2017

This weekend, Pope Francis meets in Cairo with Al-Azhar’s grand imam, Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, their second meeting in a historic initiative to improve Muslim-Christian dialogue.