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The European Union “recognizes the special importance of the holy places of Jerusalem for the three monotheistic religions,” said an EU spokesman, in reaction to the signing last Saturday in Rabat of the Appeal of Al-Quds by King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful and Chairman of Al-Quds Committee, and Pope Francis. “The EU recognizes […]
Pope Francis who devoted the General Audience Wednesday to his weekend visit to Morocco said he had reiterated along with King Mohammed VI the essential role of religions in defending human dignity and promoting peace. “HM King Mohammed and I reiterated the essential role religions have in defending human dignity, promoting peace and justice, and […]
Morocco’s permanent representative to the United Nations in New York, Omar Hilale, and the Apostolic Nuncio, have transmitted on Tuesday to the UN Secretary-General the “Al-Quds Call”, signed in Rabat last Saturday (March 30) by King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, and Pope Francis. The Al-Quds Call, signed during the Pope’s historic visit to […]
The 30th Arab Summit convened in Tunisia over the weekend has welcomed the “Al Quds Call” signed Saturday in Rabat by King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, and Pope Francis who was visiting the Kingdom. The Tunis Declaration adopted by the summit welcomed the “Al-Quds Call”, which aims at […]
Pope Francis, who made a lightening two-day trip to Rabat, praised Morocco for adopting a policy that guarantees protection and integration of migrants. Morocco “will continue to be an example of humanity for migrants and refugees within the international community, so that here, as elsewhere, they can find generous welcome and protection, a better life […]
King Mohammed VI and Pope Francis held tête-à-tête talks Saturday afternoon at the Royal Palace, before they headed to the Rabat-based Mohammed VI Institute, a training center for Imams, Murshideen and Murshidat (male and female preachers), which champions a moderate and tolerant Islam against the threat of extremism. The two leaders’ visit provided an opportunity […]
King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al Quds Committee, and Pope Francis signed on Saturday at the Throne Room at the Royal Palace in Rabat the “Al Quds Appeal” aimed at maintaining the multi-faceted religious, the spiritual dimension and the particular identity of the holy city of Jerusalem that they labeled “the common patrimony of […]
Pope Francis pointed out that his visit to Morocco is an opportunity to advance interreligious dialogue and mutual understanding among the followers of Christianity and Islam. The Pope who arrived Saturday in Morocco on a two-day visit at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, was greeted by the Sovereign who hosted […]
“Radicalism – whether it is motivated by religion or not – is due to failure to know one another, to ignorance of the other, and to ignorance pure and simple,” said King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, pointed out Saturday in Rabat. In a speech delivered at the Esplanade of the Hassan Mosque in […]
Pope Francis started this Saturday a two-day visit to Morocco, a Muslim country wherein Muslims, Jews and Christians live in peace and harmony in a region threatened by growing extremism, populism and radicalism. Shortly after the Pope’s arrival in Rabat airport Saturday noon, King Mohammed VI, the Commander of the Faithful, accompanied by Crown Prince […]