Pope Francis welcomed the new ambassador of Iran to the Holy See, who presented his credentials. He also gifted the Pope this painting of the Last Supper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is also a reminder that the Iranian people are familiar with Christian culture and faith.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In Iran, 96% of the population is Muslim and the Vatican has been building closer relations with the country both religiously and politically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Already in 2021, when the country's foreign minister visited the Vatican, the dialogue with the Pope revolved around Israeli-Palestinian relations. In Iran, 96% of the population is Muslim and the Vatican has been building closer relations with the country both religiously and politically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":63789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bumyJofW46o","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bctvcredenzialiiraneng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bctvcredenzialiiranint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63792"}],"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"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63792"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63794,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63792\/revisions\/63794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
In fact, the Iranian president requested a call with Pope Francis in November. During it, he expressed his appreciation for the Pope's position as a \u201cCatholic leader on the need for a cease-fire in Gaza.\u201d
Dialogue with Iran on this issue has not just emerged in the wake of the outbreak of conflict between Israel and the Hamas on October 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iran and the Vatican have maintained diplomatic relations since the time of Pope Pius XII. It is a delicate bond due to Iran's differing international stances, but the two have consistently tried to find common ground.
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