Papa Francisco travels to Iraq, in the first place of a pontiff in this country and the undecided to a Muslim nation that visited in its work to build bridges with Islam.
– JORDAN (May 2014)
The first stage of its peregrination to Tierra Santa. In his meeting in Amán with the reign of Abdalá II, he renewed his “deep respect and consideration for the Muslim community” and his desire that the visit contribute “to increase and promote good and cordial relations between Christians and Muslims”.
– ALBANIA (September 2014)
The Francisco slogan “Pacific Conviction and Collaboration Between the Beliefs of Various Religions” states that it is “a good choice for the country and has a special relevance in our time”.
– TURKEY (November 2014)
Visited the mezquita Azul and detuvo for an emblematic reason with other Muslim leaders. In his regression in the aviation defense that “no one can say that all Muslims are his terrorists”.
– BOSNIA (June 2015)
The father traveled only one day to Sarajevo, where he launched his message of “peace and dialogue” representing all the religious communities that convene in the country: Muslim, Orthodox Christian, Catholic and also Jewish.
– CENTROAFRICAN REPUBLIC (November 2015)
In the central mosque of Bangui, with the Muslim community, waarneming: “Christians and Muslims are Germanic. We consider that asians, counters as tales.
– AZERBAIYÁN (November 2016)
In Baku’s mezquita, the papal clamor: “God can not be invoked by partisan and selfish interests, can not justify any form of fundamentalism, imperialism or colonialism.” Only more violence in the name of God! “.
– EGYPT (April 2017)
He visited the mezquita and, at the invitation of the great imman Ahmed al Tayeb, the University of al-Azhar, underlined: “as religious leaders are called to desecrate the violence”. “There is no need for peace builders, no arms; there is no need for peace builders, no provocateurs; bombers and firefighters; reconciliation advocates and no destruction sellers”.
– BANGLADESH (November 2017)
Francisco pidió the various denominations work together to acabar with “the attempt to close the islands to the needs of the poor, the refugees, the persecuted minorities and the most vulnerable”, during an interfaith meeting.
– UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (February 2019)
The first father to travel to the Arabian Peninsula firm with the great-grandfather of Al-Azhar, Ahmed al Tayeb, a document on human fraternity in which he reaffirms “the common vocation of all men to be German in terms of God “.
– MARRUECOS (March 2019)
The father visited the Mohamed VI religious training center to train the men to avoid the extremist infiltrations.