Dakar, 12 December, 2023 / 8:35 pm (ACI Africa).
The Vatican Secretary of State has lauded the “peaceful and respectful coexistence” between Muslims and Christians in the West African nation of Senegal.
Addressing journalists on December 10, the last of his four-day visit to the West African nation for the consecration of the National Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Deliverance in Popenguine, Pietro Cardinal Parolin encouraged the Senegalese people to continue fostering fraternity.
“I would like to thank all of you, civil and ecclesiastical authorities, from the bottom of my heart, and wish your country a glorious future enlightened by human brotherhood, enriched by the spirituality of each religious denominations, a peaceful and respectful coexistence of Muslims and Christians,” Cardinal Parolin said during the press conference in Senegal’s capital city, Dakar.
He added, “The capital, Dakar, with all its symbolic but real responsibilities has the well-known characteristic of respect and peaceful coexistence among the Senegalese, with a view to consolidating democracy and cultivating ‘teranga’, understood as hospitality and human generosity.”
Cardinal Parolin encouraged the Senegalese people to “overcome all adversity and divisions that may threaten them, by seeking universal brotherhood.”
