Pope & Azhar Grand Sheikh Meeting Monday

[Cordoba]

Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis is to meet the grand imam of Cairo's Al-Azhar at the Vatican on Monday in an unprecedented encounter between the leader of the world's Catholics and the highest authority in Sunni Islam.

Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, who heads the mosque and seat of learning considered the most prestigious institution in the main branch of Islam, will have an audience with the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi told AFP.

"This audience is being prepared and has been scheduled for Monday," he said. "It will be a first".

The hugely symbolic visit comes against the backdrop of a recent improvement in relations between the two faiths...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pope-francis-receive-top-sunni-imam-vatican-130215559.html

 

[metis]

I'm glad to see things like this as this is the way things should be, imo.

 

[Cordoba]

Looks like it was a positive cordial meeting:

"The imam was accompanied by eight people while the papal delegation featured Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the pontifical council for inter-religious dialogue.

The “very cordial” meeting lasted around 30 minutes, the Vatican said in a statement after the talks."

http://aboutislam.net/muslim-issues/global/al-azhar-imam-pope-embrace-historic-visit/

 

[YmirGF]

30 minutes? I suppose it is better than nothing.

 

[sun rise]

I'm glad they met.