On the road in Cuba
Pictures of my Cuba journey
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Pictures of my Cuba journey
At the end of his speech on principles of peace-making at a Vatican conference on “Ethics in Action,” Prof. Thomas K. Johnson, WEA Ambassador to the Vatican, asked the photographers to come to the front. He then publicly shook hands with the Iranian Shiite Ayatollah Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad, a prominent international spokesman for his variety of Islam.
The Deputy General Secretary of the World Evangelical Alliance, Thomas Schirrmacher, has given a positive review of the Pope's visit in Ajerbaijan. With his visit, the Pope encouraged the small number of Christians there and has made clear that he not only travels where he is guaranteed the approval of the masses.
Pope Francis celebrates Holy Mass with the small Catholic community of Azerbaijan.
Im Rahmen eines Treffens von evangelikalen und pentekostalen Leitern aus den USA mit Papst Franziskus hat der Vorsitzende der Theologischen Kommission der Weltweiten Evangelischen Allianz (WEA), Thomas Schirrmacher, Papst Franziskus sein neues Buch „Kaffeepausen mit dem Papst: Meine Begegnungen mit Franziskus“ vorgestellt.
Thomas Schirrmacher, “the Pope’s favorite Protestant” (Die WELT), has had frequent meetings and conversations with Pope Francis.
Thomas Schirrmacher paid tribute to Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, upon the occasion of the Pope’s 80th birthday. Schirrmacher acknowledged that Pope Francis is above all a man of integrity who makes the most unusual proclamations and promises come true.