Pope: My UAE trip wrote new page in Christian-Islam history
Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 11:51:42 +0000
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said his pilgrimage this week to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) wrote a “new page in history of the dialogue between Christianity and Islam” and in promoting world peace based on brotherhood.
Telling pilgrims at the Vatican on Wednesday about making the first-ever papal trip to the Arabian Peninsula, Ope Francis described his encounter with leaders of Islam as a counterpoint to the “strong temptation” to contend there’s a current clash between Christian and Islamic civilizations.
While in Abu Dhabi, Pope Francis signed a document with the grand imam of Al-Azhar, the ancient seat of learning in Sunni Islam, condemning religiously motivated and other violence. The Pope said the two religious leaders wanted to give a “clear and decisive sign” that respect and dialogue is possible between the Christian and Islamic worlds. /kga