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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will receive the Saudi ambassador to Italy tomorrow and be presented with a personal message from King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
The private meeting with Ambassador Mohammed Al Ghamdi will take place in a room in the Paul VI audience hall after the Pope’s weekly general audience.
It’s not clear what the contents of the message will be, but it is likely to congratulate Pope Francis on his election and advocate working together on improving Catholic-Muslim relations.
The Pope has made improving relations with Islam a priority and, like Benedict XVI, he would like to pursue the possibility of establishing diplomatic relations with the Islamic kingdom.
Addressing diplomats accredited to the Holy See March 22, the Holy Father said: “It is not possible to build bridges between people while forgetting God. But the converse is also true: It is not possible to establish true links with God while ignoring other people. Hence it is important to intensify dialogue among the various religions, and I am thinking particularly of dialogue with Islam.”
The private meeting with Ambassador Mohammed Al Ghamdi will take place in a room in the Paul VI audience hall after the Pope’s weekly general audience.
It’s not clear what the contents of the message will be, but it is likely to congratulate Pope Francis on his election and advocate working together on improving Catholic-Muslim relations.
The Pope has made improving relations with Islam a priority and, like Benedict XVI, he would like to pursue the possibility of establishing diplomatic relations with the Islamic kingdom.
Addressing diplomats accredited to the Holy See March 22, the Holy Father said: “It is not possible to build bridges between people while forgetting God. But the converse is also true: It is not possible to establish true links with God while ignoring other people. Hence it is important to intensify dialogue among the various religions, and I am thinking particularly of dialogue with Islam.”
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