Francisco has completed his historic visit to the Arbiga Peninsula

Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) (AICA):After a visit of less than 48 hours during which he took part in an interreligious meeting on human fraternity, Pope Francis bid farewell to the United States. He signed a declaration on human fraternity with Grand Imn Muhammad Ahmed el-Tayeb and sheltered the Catholic Minora of the Muslim country.

Pope Francis bid farewell to the United Arab Emirates on February 5 at 1:05 pm (local time), where he went to participate in an interfaith meeting on human fraternity and board the flight that brings him back in Rome.

Before boarding the plane, the pontiff bade farewell to Sheikh Mohammed ben Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince, in a room at the presidential airport in Abu Dhabi and after an official delegation.

It was a historic trip as it was the first time a Pontfice had visited the Arbiga peninsula. During this short apostolic visit, the Holy Father also signed a declaration on human fraternity alongside Grand Imn, Ahmed Muhammad Ahmed el-Tayeb, and celebrated Mbad at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi with the participation of 180,000 Catholics and 4,000 Muslims.

About 700 representatives from twelve religions attended the interfaith meeting held on February 4 at the Abu Dhabi Founders Memorial. In his speech, the pope recalled the conflicts in Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Libya and affirmed that human fraternity requires of us, representatives of religions, the duty to ban all shades of approval from the word war. Let's go back to his miserable crudeness, I asked him.

In addition, the Pontiff thanked God for the eighth centenary of the meeting between San Francisco de AsiĚs and Sultan al-Malik al-KaĚ "thousand, and said he accepted this opportunity to visit this country as a peace-hungry believer. , a brother who seeks peace with the brothers, wanting peace, promoting peace, being instruments of peace: we are here for that, he said.

Telegram to the President of the United Arab Emirates

Immediately after his departure to Abu Dhabi, the Holy Father sent to Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, a telegraphic message:

"When leaving the United Arab Emirates, I renew my deep gratitude to His Highness, the Government and people of the United Arab Emirates for their warm welcome and generous hospitality. I badure you of my prayers and invoke all the abundant divine blessingshe wrote.