Pope Francis has called on religions to guide people towards the good, during his visit to Azerbaijan.
Speaking on Sunday during a meeting with religious leaders hosted by Sheik Allahshukur Pashazade, the region's chief imam, Several times in his speech, Pope Francis drew lessons Christians and Muslims share from the poetry of the Sufi author Nizami Ganjavi.
The Pope said: "A great poet, a son of this land, wrote: 'If you are human, mix with humans, because people go well with each other.'" Francis quoted another of Ganjavi's lines: "The fruits of this world are not eternal; do not adore that which perishes!"
