After meeting with the highest authorities of the State on Tuesday, 25 October, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, in Algeria for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Algeria and the Holy See, went the next morning to the monastery of Tibhirine, the site of the martyrdom of the seven Trappist monks murdered in 1996 by Islamist fighters and beatified in 2018 in Oran.
On Tuesday, Archbishop Gallagher was received by the head of state, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, after a day of talks with members of the government, and a visit to the Martyr's Memorial - a monument built in memory of the victims of the war of independence against French troops. Archbishop Vesco noted that it is “a visit to a great sacred space and communion,” adding that these exchanges are"extremely important".
Sharing sacred spaces, even without speaking,"says much more, perhaps of the reality lived in each of our traditions and religions,” the Archbishop said.Archbishop Gallagher's visit also came less than a month after the closure of Caritas Algeria. The closure is at the request of the public authorities, to which the local Catholic Church has complied, while expressing its concern and its desire to continue to provide assistance to those who are vulnerable and the Algerian people.
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