Posted on 10/11/2021 7:17:07 PM PDT by marshmallow
The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar speaks to Vatican Media about his relationship with Pope Francis: "From the first minute of our meeting I had confirmation that he is a man of peace and humanity. The encyclical is an appeal to create a true fraternity where there is no room for discrimination on the basis of differences of religion, race, gender, or other forms of intolerance."
"Each one of us has discovered a great spiritual and thoughtful attunement to the crises that afflict contemporary man...". The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Prof. Ahmad Muhammad Al-Tayeb, during his days in Rome to participate at some important events alongside Pope Francis and other religious leaders, visited the studios of Vatican Radio – Vatican News and spoke about his relationship with Pope Francis, one year after the publication of the Encyclical Fratelli tutti.
The Grand Imam recounted that "after the election of dear brother Pope Francis, Al-Azhar took the initiative to congratulate him, and we received a beautiful response from Pope Francis.” He noted that it was a response that encouraged us to renew the relationship, and so, he decided to visit the Pope in the Vatican in May 2016.
During this visit, he said, “each of us discovered a great spiritual and thoughtful attunement towards the crises that afflict contemporary man, and in a special way towards the poor, orphans, the sick, widows, victims of wars and the homeless.”
“This attunement between the Pope and I,” Al-Tayeb continued, “can offer much to alleviate these crises. From that moment, there was no hesitation. I personally did not hesitate to extend my hand. From the first minute of our meeting, I had confirmation that he is a man of peace and humanity par excellence."
He further noted that things went well and that in just three.......
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Barf Alert Ping
“Thank you, Pope Pachamama”
Oh rootie!
The REAL PROBLEM is that Moslems ARE NOT people who believe in “peace and humanity.”
They are members of an Evil Death Cult, and their oft-stated goal is world domination.
THIS WAR WILL NOT END WELL!
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