On Thursday November 10th, His Majesty King Abdullah accompanied by Her Majesty Queen Rania met with Pope Francis during a visit to the Vatican City.

The meeting focused on the need to promote interfaith dialogue, harmony, and coexistence, as well as safeguarding the Christian presence in the region.

Discussions at the meeting attended by  His Majesty’s chief adviser for religious and cultural affairs and personal envoy, His Royal Highness Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, underscored the importance of maintaining efforts to achieve peace in order for peoples to live in security and stability.

King Abdullah lauded the Pope’s positions on regional issues. 

Additionally, His Majesty met in greater detail with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See. During this meeting, the link between security and peace was emphasized, and it was agreed that the Middle East peace process must be restarted in order to strengthen regional security and stability and advance harmony in the region.

The King and Cardinal Parolin emphasized Jerusalem as essential to achieving peace in the area during the meeting, which His Royal Highness Prince Ghazi also attended. They noted that any attempts to change Jerusalem's historical and legal status quo will jeopardize the rights of worshippers in the holy city.

The Cardinal emphasized Jordan's crucial contribution to maintaining Jerusalem's status as a symbol of peace and protecting its holy sites while they are under Hashemite Custodianship.

Cardinal Parolin applauded Jordan's initiatives, spearheaded by His Majesty, to protect the existence of Christians in the area as an essential component of the Middle East's past, present, and future, as well as its demographic makeup.

The Baptism Site of Jesus Christ (also known as Bethany beyond the Jordan), which is located on the East Bank of the Jordan River, was mentioned by the King as being particularly important to Jordan in terms of preservation and restoration.

The Baptism Site, according to His Majesty, is given the utmost care. He also noted that, in keeping with Jordan's commitment to religious freedom, the following phase would be highlighted by more development and improvement to the facilities and services offered to tourists and Christian pilgrims.

The need for collaborative action to bring about peace was also discussed during the meeting along with the most recent global happenings.

On the Jordanian side, the meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Director of His Majesty's Office Jafar Hassan, and Jordan's non-resident Ambassador to the Vatican, Makram Queisi. From the Vatican, the meeting was attended by Monsignor Marco Formica and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher.

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Her Majesty wore her repeated Diamondogs Tilda Dress belted with a Safiyaa Belt with her black Dior Tribal Promenade Pouch Bag and her bespoke Jennifer Chamandi Lorenzo 105 Black Suede and Elaphe Pumps