The pope participated in the virtual event to celebrate international day of human fraternity the united nations designated this day petitioned by the united arab emirates to commemorate the day the pope and the leader of the sunni muslims ahmed al-tayeb signed the document on human fraternity two years ago
A special committee was created to promote the document’s message judge and committee member abdel salam led the online event the grand imam said this day should act as a reminder of the need for a more united world he and the pope praised each other’s courage in pushing this initiative forward
Pope francis’s message was very clear he said it’s not a time for indifference and that the only valid option is fraternity or no hermanos he also said fraternity does not mean rejecting one’s own ideas or roots but rather listening to accepting and counting on one another The winners of the zayed prize inspired by the document on human fraternity were also announced during the event they were u.n secretary general antonio guterres and latifah ibn ziaten who founded an organization for peace after a terrorist killed her son in france
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