Pope Francis receives Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint
Nasser of Qatar
(Vatican Radio) Today Pope
Francis met with Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar. The
Holy See Press Office provides the following details of the meeting:
Today at 11 a.m., in the
Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Pope Francis received in a
private audience Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, president of
the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development.
Her Highness Sheikha Moza
provided information to the Holy Father on her many activities in the fields of
educational and social development, at both national and international levels,
and on the grave situation of schools in various areas of conflict, and
received his encouragement.
The encounter, was cordial in
nature and lasted for around 30 minutes. The gift offered by Her Highness to
the Holy Father was a valuable Arab manuscript of the Gospels, richly decorated
and composed of 123 pages in Naskh calligraphy, produced in Ottoman Turkey in
the 18th century.
The Pope presented Her
Highness with a medallion depicting the olive tree of peace and the Arabic
edition of his encyclical Laudato si’.
Subsequently, at the
Secretariat of State, Her Highness met with Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu,
substitute of the Secretariat of State, accompanied by Msgr. Michael F. Crotty.
Their discussions focused on the situation of the Catholic community in
Qatar.
Finally, in the so-called
“Raphael Wing” of the Apostolic Palace, Her Highness attended the signing of an
Agreement (Memorandum of Understanding) between the Vatican Apostolic Library
and the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development on
behalf of the Qatar National Library. The Agreement was signed for the Qatar
Foundation by His Excellency Dr. Hamad Al Kuwari and for the Apostolic Library
by the Prefect, Msgr. Cesare Pasini.
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