The Arab world says goodbye to Pope Francis as a symbol of peace, conscience and moral courage

The Secretary General of the Arab League, Ahmed Abul Gheit, expressed his regret over the death of Pope Francis on Monday and described him as “a unique voice of humanity and conscience at a time when...

The death of Pope Francis, the first pontiff of the Global South, has provoked a wave of condolences throughout the Arab and Muslim world. His death, after a year of fragile health and a recent hospitalization, occurred only one day after his appearance in St. Peter’s Basilica to bless the faithful on Easter Sunday. Francis was a revolutionary figure in the Catholic Church, highlighting his openness to the Islamic world and his active defense of…

“The greatest voice of the moral conscience of the world died today,” said Jürgen Mettepenningen on Monday in De tafel van Tine on Play4. According to the theologian, Pope Francis made his voice heard clearly on the geopolitical level and was thus for many people - such as the refugees on Lampedusa - “the voice that they themselves could not be.”

Abul Gheit, who applauded "the courageous positions" of the Pontiff "in support of peace, coexistence", affirmed that the Pope "will continue to be a model of religious tolerance and of his important role in uniting peoples", according to a statement published by the organization in his account on the social network Facebook.