by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 14, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri held separate talks on Friday with Pope Francis and Vatican’s Secretary of State Monsignor Pietro Parolin. Discussions focused on the situation in Lebanon and the regional crises, mainly the war in Syria. “It was a...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 26, 2017 | Middle East
Rome- Muslim World League (MWL) Secretary-General Mohammed Al-Issa said that while no religion promoted extremism, none was free from extremist elements. Issa met on Monday with the head of the Pontifical Council of the Vatican, Cardinal Jean-Laurent Tauran, following...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 21, 2017 | Middle East
London- Pope Francis on Wednesday met with the Muslim World League’s Chief Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, the Vatican said in a statement, without elaborating on the content of the meeting. The Muslim world appreciates Pope Francis’ stance on false claims...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 24, 2017 | World
Pope Francis received US President Donald Trump at the Vatican on Wednesday for a short private audience on the third leg of his overseas trip. Under clear blue skies, Trump, who exchanged sharp words with the pope during the US election campaign last year, received a...
by Heba al-Qodsi and Asharq Al-Awsat | May 5, 2017 | Saudi Arabia
Washington, London – US President Donald Trump will kick off his first international trip as president by visiting Saudi Arabia later this month, a stop, which he said, would be historic. In a statement issued on Thursday, the White House said that in addition...
