Pope to mark Fraternity Day with UAE,Al-Azhar heads,UN chief
Virtual event and awarding of prize on Feb 4
01 Febbraio 2021
VATICAN CITY, FEB 1 - Pope Francis will celebrate
the United Nations first International Day of Human Fraternity
on February 4 with Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed at Abu Dhabi,
capital of the United Arab Emirates, with the participation of
the Grande Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, UN
Secretary-General, António Guterres and other personalities, the
Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue said Monday.
On the occasion, the Zayed Prize for Human Fraternity will be
awarded, which is inspired by the historic Document on Human
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Each month, Pope Francis presents his “prayer intention” in a video. For January, this intention is to be “at the service of human fraternity,” in the direct line of
Fratelli tutti (October 3, 2020) and of the Document on Human Fraternity of Abu Dhabi (February 4, 2019).
On her blog post of January 7, 2021, Jeanne Smits presented this video: “We thus see a woman who piously recites her rosary. Without transition, we pass to a veiled young Muslim woman who performs her ritual prayer on a carpet; seconds later, it’s a Jew’s turn to sway, skullcap on head and tallit ritual shawl on his shoulders.
Pope Francis to meet top Shiite cleric on Iraq visit, says cardinal A poster of Iraq s top Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, is seen on a high-rise building during anti-government protests in Baghdad in this Feb. 9, 2020, file photo. Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, briefed journalists Jan. 28 on plans for Pope Francis trip March 5-8 to Iraq. He said the pope would meet with al-Sistani. (CNS photo/Thaier al-Sudani, Reuters)
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select Iraq s top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, is pictured during a meeting with then-U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Najaf, Iraq, in this July 24, 2014, file photo. Pope Francis is scheduled to meet with al-Sistani during his March 5-8 visit to Iraq, according to Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church. Cardinal Sako briefed jo
Judge Mohamed Abdelsalam, Secretary-General of the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity (HCHF), affirmed that the proclaimtion of 4th February as International Day of Human Fraternity is a testament to HCHF s achievements as well as further international recognition of the historic Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together.
The resolution acknowledges specifically the meeting between His Holiness Pope Francis and the His Eminence Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmad al-Tayyib, on 4th February 2019 in Abu Dhabi, which resulted in the signing of the Document on Human fraternity for World Peace and Living Together.
The UN resolution also expresses deep concern for acts that advocate religious hatred and undermine the spirit of tolerance, especially as the world confronts the unprecedented crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It also highlights the need for a global response to the pandemic built upon unity, solidarity, and renewed multilateral cooperation.
UN accepts UAE initiative to mark February 4 as International Day for Human Fraternity
WAM/New York Filed on December 22, 2020
Pope Francis and Al Azhar’s Grand Imam, Ahmad Al-Tayyib, exchange the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together signed in Abu Dhabi on February 4, 2019. Photo: WAM
Secretary-General of the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity thanks UAE for making the new achievement in the service of humanity possible
The international community is set to observe February 4 as International Day for Human Fraternity after the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution based on an initiative that was introduced by the UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The day will be marked annually beginning 2021.