/ricerca/ansaen/search.shtml?any=
Show less

Se hai scelto di non accettare i cookie di profilazione e tracciamento, puoi aderire all’abbonamento "Consentless" a un costo molto accessibile, oppure scegliere un altro abbonamento per accedere ad ANSA.it.

Ti invitiamo a leggere le Condizioni Generali di Servizio, la Cookie Policy e l'Informativa Privacy.

Puoi leggere tutti i titoli di ANSA.it
e 10 contenuti ogni 30 giorni
a €16,99/anno

  • Servizio equivalente a quello accessibile prestando il consenso ai cookie di profilazione pubblicitaria e tracciamento
  • Durata annuale (senza rinnovo automatico)
  • Un pop-up ti avvertirà che hai raggiunto i contenuti consentiti in 30 giorni (potrai continuare a vedere tutti i titoli del sito, ma per aprire altri contenuti dovrai attendere il successivo periodo di 30 giorni)
  • Pubblicità presente ma non profilata o gestibile mediante il pannello delle preferenze
  • Iscrizione alle Newsletter tematiche curate dalle redazioni ANSA.


Per accedere senza limiti a tutti i contenuti di ANSA.it

Scegli il piano di abbonamento più adatto alle tue esigenze.

Pope Francis hails good Muslim-Catholic relations in Azerbaijan

Pope Francis hails good Muslim-Catholic relations in Azerbaijan

'Mission is not proselytism,' Francis says

Vatican City, 05 October 2016, 13:37

ANSA Editorial

ANSACheck

- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

-     ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Pope Francis gave thanks for the good relations between Muslims and Catholics in Azerbaijan during a general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday.
    "Mission is not proselytism," said the pope two days after returning from his papal visit to Georgia and Azerbaijan. "This style of evangelical presence as a seed of the Kingdom of God is, if possible, even more necessary in Azerbaijan, where the majority of the population is Muslim and there are only a few hundred Catholics," Francis added.
    "But thanks to God they are in good relations with everyone, in particular they maintain brotherly ties with Orthodox Christians," he said. The relationship with Orthodox Christians was at the centre of the first leg of his trip to Georgia, where he was greeted at the airport by Patriarch Ilia II, the head of the Georgian Orthodox Church. "His witness did good to my heart and soul," the pope said.
    Both Georgia and Azerbaijan "have very ancient historical, cultural and religious roots but at the same time they are going through a new phase", Francis continued in reference to the 25th anniversary of independence of the ex-Soviet states, which falls this year. "In this phase they are running up against many difficulties in the various spheres of social life," the pope said, adding that "the Catholic Church is called to be present in communion with the other Christian churches and communities and in dialogue with the other religious communities".
   

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA

Not to be missed

Share

Or use

ANSA Corporate

If it is news,
it is an ANSA.

We have been collecting, publishing and distributing journalistic information since 1945 with offices in Italy and around the world. Learn more about our services.