Vatican Official to Meet Rector of the Great Mosque of Algiers
The visit by Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, began on Tuesday.
According to the program released on the official Twitter account of the Secretariat of State, Archbishop Gallagher begins his trip to Algeria with a visit to the Martyrs’ Monument in Algiers. The memorial commemorates victims of the war of liberation.
Later, he holds meetings with the Minister of the Interior, Brahim Merad; and the Minister for Religious Affairs, Youcef Belmehdi.
The Archbishop then meets with the Rector of the Great Mosque of Algiers, Mohamed Mamoune El Kacimi El Hassini. The first day of his visit concludes with a conversation with the President of the Algerian Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
On Wednesday, 26 October, Archbishop Gallagher begins the day with a visit to the Tibhirine Monastery, the home of a group of Trappist monks who were killed in 1996.
Source: vaticannews.va
