the visit to the UAE, "a new page in the history of interreligious relations"

(AsiaNews) "I am happy to be able to visit your country in a few days," said Pope Francis in a video message addressed to "the beloved people of the United Arab Emirates", and said that this visit would register " a new page in the history of the relations between religions "and that faith in God" unites and does not divide, brings us together despite distinction, moves us away from hostility and aversion ".

On the eve of the match – next Sunday – Francisco defines the United Arab Emirates as "a land that is a model of coexistence, human fraternity and encounter between different civilizations and cultures, where many find a safe workplace and live freely with respect for diversity ".

A people "who lives the present with an eye on the future". "Rightly, Sheikh Zayed, founder of the United Arab Emirates, whose memory is honored, said:" True wealth is not only in the material resources, but the real wealth of the nation lies in the fact that they build the The future of their nation … The true wealth is men.

"I am happy for this opportunity that the Lord is giving me to write on our beloved land a new page in the history of interreligious relations, confirming that we are brothers, even though they are different."

Francisco thanks Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan for his invitation to "participate in the interfaith meeting on the theme" Human Brotherhood "to be held Monday afternoon at the Memorial of the Founder in Abu Dhabi. whose theme was taken from the prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assisi: "Lord, make me an instrument of peace", the Pope also says he is "grateful" to the other authorities of the United Arab Emirates "for l '. excellent collaboration, generous hospitality and fraternal welcome offered nobly to make the visit.

"I am about to meet and greet" Eyal Zayid fi Dar Zayid / Zayid's children in Zayid's house ", a country of prosperity and peace, a land of peace and peace, a country of coexistence and I find it!