Pope Francis meets with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis
on Thursday welcomed the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed bin
Sultan Al-Nahyan. Abu Dhabi is one of seven emirates that constitute the United
Arab Emirates (UAE).
At the end of the private
audience, the Prince presented the Holy Father with an Afghan tapestry, which
arrived from Afghanistan as part of a charitable project run his daughter.
The Pope gave the Prince a
medallion depicting the ‘Tree of Peace,’ telling him “peace is our vocation.”
A Tweet issued the office of
Prince Mohamed bin Zayed said the UAE “values Pope Francis’s efforts to
confront violence and extremism.”
After the meeting with the
Pope, the delegation met with the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin.
A tweet from the office of
the Prince said they discussed “enhancing bilateral ties, [and] issues of
common interest.”
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