Pope Francis' meeting with Shiite leader Ali Al-Sistani in 2021 was brief but appears to have borne fruit.<\/p>\n
Shiite representatives came to Rome to participate in a congress organized by the Community of Sant'Egidio and the Al-Khoei Institute from Iraq. Representatives from Iran, Lebanon, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, such as Maytham al-Khunaizi, a Shiite seminary professor, were also present for the meeting.<\/p>\n
al-Khunaizi says they have come here to express their rejection of violence and extremism because God created everyone to live in peace.<\/p>\n
Among the speakers who opened the meeting was Jawad Al-Khoei, secretary general of the Imam Al-Khoei Institute.<\/p>\n
He said it is important to remember that religion should not be a reason for division but for unity.<\/p>\n
Among those present was Cardinal Louis Rapha\u00ebl Sako of Iraq, who stressed that Pope Francis has taken an important step in strengthening relations with Islam.<\/p>\n
CARD. LOUIS RAPHA\u00cbL SAKO<\/strong> Pope Francis has visited several Muslim countries, most of which have a Sunni Islam majority. But he has not visited Iran, where many of those present at the meeting come from. <\/p>\n In recent months, the Vatican and Iran have taken steps to bolster relations from a religious and political point of view. In May, Pope Francis received Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, president of the Islamic seminaries of Iran. And in July, Iran's foreign minister held a two-hour meeting with the Vatican Secretary of State.<\/p>\n JRB<\/p>\n TR: KG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" July 15, 2022. In Rome, Shiite and Vatican representatives participate in a meeting organized by the Community of Sant'Egidio and the Al-Khoei Institute of Iraq.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/df8BFrSOra0","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsciitivaticanoeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsciitivaticanoint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPatriarch of the Chaldean Church, Iraq
\n<\/strong>The pope already knows how to dialogue with Islam. This needs to be emphasized.<\/em>
\nWhen he was in Egypt, Abu Dabi but also in Iraq, when he visited the Grand Ayatola Al Sistani, his message was short but hasn't changed: \u201cWe are a part of you and you are a part of us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n