Vatican City, 26 March 2014 (VIS) –
Yesterday afternoon Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin sent a
message, on behalf of the Holy Father Francis, to the participants in
the eighth Islamic-Christian Prayer Meeting, “Together around Mary,
Our Lady”. The meeting, which took place in Beirut, Lebanon, to
celebrate the Solemnity of the Annunciation, was organised by the St.
Joseph University Alumni Assocation and the College of Our Lady of
Jamhour.
The Holy Father shows his joy at seeing
“Christians and Muslims united in their devotion to the Virgin
Mary”, and comments that “the shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in
Harissa is a blessed place where everyone can go to invoke her”. He
also encourages Christians and Muslims to “work together for peace
and for the common good, thus contributing to the full development of
the person and the edification of society”, and entrusts the
participants in the meeting “and all the inhabitants of Lebanon to
the maternal intercession of the Virgin Mary, Queen of Peace and
Protectress of Lebanon”.
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