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Vatican, December 9th, 2021. Private Papal audienceย  for UPC delegation.

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Private Papal audience  for UPC delegation.

Vatican, December 9th, 2021

It was great privilege for me to attend a personal meeting with Pope Francis, at his private library in the Vatican. We arrived as part of a small Universal Peace Council (UPC) delegation led by Sheikh Bader Kasem.  For several months this visit was repeatedly postponed because of the corona, but here it came, and exceeded all our expectations.

There are no words to describe the magnitude of the class, the excitement and charm that was there. Lots of pleasant surprises awaited us during this exciting visit: from the sweet soldiers who saluted us and posed for pictures with us, to the cordial priests accompanying us until they entered the meeting.

But nothing prepared us for the fact that the Pope himself rose to greet us at the entrance to the room, and shook our hands gently and softly and with a face full of love and warmth. He invited us to sit around his desk and we started a conversation of about 20 minutes. 

Sheikh Bader Kasem told him about the Universal Peace Council he established 8 years ago, which aims to connect clerics and different ethnic communities around the world. The Pope asked questions, took an interest in our situation in the Middle East and was happy to hear about the activity. He thanked us for the visit and asked to update him on the progress of the activity. Then we got up from the chairs and moved on to the gift exchange stage. 

Saying goodbye to us with a warm smile, the Pope shook our hands, blessing each of us. Few hours later, Vatican Press – the central press of the Vatican published worldwide, this visit in all languages.

At the moment I just want to thank Sheikh Bader Kasem for the friendship, trust, and invitation for all of us to be with him at this important moment. It was my honor and privilege to become part of such wonderful team with him and other members of the delegation – Universal Peace Ambassadors – Boaz Harpaz , Hadas Shmueli, as well as with Avraham Roy Shmueli during this amazing adventure. I know that our bond will last forever from now on.

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Photo album: UPC Private Papal Audience – Helping Hand Global Forum (smugmug.com)

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Vatican, December 9th, 2021. Moments before private Papal audience.

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ ะงะฐัั‚ะฝะฐั ะฟะฐะฟัะบะฐั ะฐัƒะดะธะตะฝั†ะธั ะดะปั ะดะตะปะตะณะฐั†ะธะธ ะกะšะŸ.

ะ’ะฐั‚ะธะบะฐะฝ, 9 ะดะตะบะฐะฑั€ั 2021 ะณ.

ะฏ ะธะผะตะป ั‡ะตัั‚ัŒ ะฟั€ะธััƒั‚ัั‚ะฒะพะฒะฐั‚ัŒ ะฝะฐ ะปะธั‡ะฝะพะน ะฒัั‚ั€ะตั‡ะต ั ะŸะฐะฟะพะน ะคั€ะฐะฝั†ะธัะบะพะผ ะฒ ะตะณะพ ั‡ะฐัั‚ะฝะพะน ะฑะธะฑะปะธะพั‚ะตะบะต ะฒ ะ’ะฐั‚ะธะบะฐะฝะต. ะœั‹ ะฟั€ะธะฑั‹ะปะธ ะฒ ัะพัั‚ะฐะฒะต ะฝะตะฑะพะปัŒัˆะพะน ะดะตะปะตะณะฐั†ะธะธ ะ’ัะตะผะธั€ะฝะพะณะพ ัะพะฒะตั‚ะฐ ะผะธั€ะฐ ะฒะพ ะณะปะฐะฒะต ั ัˆะตะนั…ะพะผ ะ‘ะฐะดะตั€ะพะผ ะšะฐัะตะผะพะผ. ะะฐ ะฝะตัะบะพะปัŒะบะพ ะผะตััั†ะตะฒ ัั‚ะพั‚ ะฒะธะทะธั‚ ะฝะตะพะดะฝะพะบั€ะฐั‚ะฝะพ ะพั‚ะบะปะฐะดั‹ะฒะฐะปัั ะธะท-ะทะฐ ะบะพั€ะพะฝั‹, ะฝะพ ะฒะพั‚ ะพะฝ ะฟั€ะธัˆะตะป ะธ ะฟั€ะตะฒะทะพัˆะตะป ะฒัะต ะฝะฐัˆะธ ะพะถะธะดะฐะฝะธั.

ะะตั‚ ัะปะพะฒ, ั‡ั‚ะพะฑั‹ ะพะฟะธัะฐั‚ัŒ ะฒะตะปะธั‡ะธะต ะบะปะฐััะฐ, ะฒะพะปะฝะตะฝะธะต ะธ ะพั‡ะฐั€ะพะฒะฐะฝะธะต, ะบะพั‚ะพั€ั‹ะต ั‚ะฐะผ ะฑั‹ะปะธ. ะ’ะพ ะฒั€ะตะผั ัั‚ะพะณะพ ะทะฐั…ะฒะฐั‚ั‹ะฒะฐัŽั‰ะตะณะพ ะฒะธะทะธั‚ะฐ ะฝะฐั ะถะดะฐะปะพ ะผะฝะพะณะพ ะฟั€ะธัั‚ะฝั‹ั… ััŽั€ะฟั€ะธะทะพะฒ: ะพั‚ ะผะธะปั‹ั… ัะพะปะดะฐั‚, ะบะพั‚ะพั€ั‹ะต ะฟั€ะธะฒะตั‚ัั‚ะฒะพะฒะฐะปะธ ะฝะฐั ะธ ั„ะพั‚ะพะณั€ะฐั„ะธั€ะพะฒะฐะปะธััŒ ั ะฝะฐะผะธ, ะดะพ ัะตั€ะดะตั‡ะฝั‹ั… ัะฒัั‰ะตะฝะฝะธะบะพะฒ, ัะพะฟั€ะพะฒะพะถะดะฐะฒัˆะธั… ะฝะฐั, ะฟะพะบะฐ ะพะฝะธ ะฝะต ะฒะพัˆะปะธ ะฝะฐ ัะพะฑั€ะฐะฝะธะต.

ะะพ ะฝะธั‡ั‚ะพ ะฝะต ะฟะพะดะณะพั‚ะพะฒะธะปะพ ะฝะฐั ะบ ั‚ะพะผัƒ, ั‡ั‚ะพ ัะฐะผ ะŸะฐะฟะฐ ะฒัั‚ะฐะป, ั‡ั‚ะพะฑั‹ ะฟะพะฟั€ะธะฒะตั‚ัั‚ะฒะพะฒะฐั‚ัŒ ะฝะฐั ัƒ ะฒั…ะพะดะฐ ะฒ ะทะฐะป, ะธ ะฝะตะถะฝะพ ะฟะพะถะฐะป ะฝะฐะผ ั€ัƒะบะธ ั ะปะธั†ะพะผ, ะฟะพะปะฝั‹ะผ ะปัŽะฑะฒะธ ะธ ั‚ะตะฟะปะฐ. ะžะฝ ะฟั€ะธะณะปะฐัะธะป ะฝะฐั ัะตัั‚ัŒ ะทะฐ ะตะณะพ ัั‚ะพะป, ะธ ะผั‹ ะฝะฐั‡ะฐะปะธ ั€ะฐะทะณะพะฒะพั€ ะฟั€ะพะดะพะปะถะธั‚ะตะปัŒะฝะพัั‚ัŒัŽ ะพะบะพะปะพ 20 ะผะธะฝัƒั‚.

ะจะตะนั… ะ‘ะฐะดะตั€ ะšะฐััะตะผ ั€ะฐััะบะฐะทะฐะป ะตะผัƒ ะพ ะœะตะถะดัƒะฝะฐั€ะพะดะฝะพะผ ัะพะฒะตั‚ะต ะผะธั€ะฐ, ะบะพั‚ะพั€ั‹ะน ะพะฝ ัƒั‡ั€ะตะดะธะป 8 ะปะตั‚ ะฝะฐะทะฐะด, ั†ะตะปัŒัŽ ะบะพั‚ะพั€ะพะณะพ ัะฒะปัะตั‚ัั ะพะฑัŠะตะดะธะฝะตะฝะธะต ะดัƒั…ะพะฒะตะฝัั‚ะฒะฐ ะธ ั€ะฐะทะปะธั‡ะฝั‹ั… ัั‚ะฝะธั‡ะตัะบะธั… ัะพะพะฑั‰ะตัั‚ะฒ ะฟะพ ะฒัะตะผัƒ ะผะธั€ัƒ. ะŸะฐะฟะฐ ะทะฐะดะฐะฒะฐะป ะฒะพะฟั€ะพัั‹, ะธะฝั‚ะตั€ะตัะพะฒะฐะปัั ะฝะฐัˆะตะน ัะธั‚ัƒะฐั†ะธะตะน ะฝะฐ ะ‘ะปะธะถะฝะตะผ ะ’ะพัั‚ะพะบะต ะธ ะฑั‹ะป ัั‡ะฐัั‚ะปะธะฒ ัƒัะปั‹ัˆะฐั‚ัŒ ะพะฑ ัั‚ะพะน ะดะตัั‚ะตะปัŒะฝะพัั‚ะธ. ะžะฝ ะฟะพะฑะปะฐะณะพะดะฐั€ะธะป ะฝะฐั ะทะฐ ะฒะธะทะธั‚ ะธ ะฟะพะฟั€ะพัะธะป ัะพะพะฑั‰ะธั‚ัŒ ะตะผัƒ ะพ ั…ะพะดะต ั€ะฐะฑะพั‚ั‹. ะ—ะฐั‚ะตะผ ะผั‹ ะฒัั‚ะฐะปะธ ัะพ ัั‚ัƒะปัŒะตะฒ ะธ ะฟะตั€ะตัˆะปะธ ะบ ัั‚ะฐะฟัƒ ะพะฑะผะตะฝะฐ ะฟะพะดะฐั€ะบะฐะผะธ.

ะŸั€ะพั‰ะฐัััŒ ั ะฝะฐะผะธ ั ั‚ะตะฟะปะพะน ัƒะปั‹ะฑะบะพะน, ะŸะฐะฟะฐ ะฟะพะถะฐะป ะฝะฐะผ ั€ัƒะบะธ, ะฑะปะฐะณะพัะปะพะฒะปัั ะบะฐะถะดะพะณะพ ะธะท ะฝะฐั. ะะตัะบะพะปัŒะบะธะผะธ ั‡ะฐัะฐะผะธ ะฟะพะทะถะต Vatican Press – ั†ะตะฝั‚ั€ะฐะปัŒะฝะฐั ะฟั€ะตััะฐ ะ’ะฐั‚ะธะบะฐะฝะฐ, ะพะฟัƒะฑะปะธะบะพะฒะฐะปะฐ ะฒะพ ะฒัะตะผ ะผะธั€ะต ัั‚ะพั‚ ะฒะธะทะธั‚ ะฝะฐ ะฒัะตั… ัะทั‹ะบะฐั….

ะะฐ ะดะฐะฝะฝั‹ะน ะผะพะผะตะฝั‚ ะผั‹ ะฟั€ะพัั‚ะพ ั…ะพั‚ะธะผ ะฟะพะฑะปะฐะณะพะดะฐั€ะธั‚ัŒ ัˆะตะนั…ะฐ ะšะฐัะตะผะฐ ะ‘ะฐะดะตั€ะฐ ะทะฐ ะดั€ัƒะถะฑัƒ, ะดะพะฒะตั€ะธะต ะธ ะฟั€ะธะณะปะฐัˆะตะฝะธะต ะฒัะตะผ ะฝะฐะผ ะฑั‹ั‚ัŒ ั ะฝะธะผ ะฒ ัั‚ะพั‚ ะฒะฐะถะฝั‹ะน ะผะพะผะตะฝั‚. ะ”ะปั ะผะตะฝั ะฑั‹ะปะพ ั‡ะตัั‚ัŒัŽ ะธ ะฟั€ะธะฒะธะปะตะณะธะตะน ัั‚ะฐั‚ัŒ ั‡ะฐัั‚ัŒัŽ ั‚ะฐะบะพะน ะทะฐะผะตั‡ะฐั‚ะตะปัŒะฝะพะน ะบะพะผะฐะฝะดั‹ ะฒะผะตัั‚ะต ั ะฝะธะผ ะธ ั ะดั€ัƒะณะธะผะธ ะฟะพัะปะฐะผะธ ะ’ัะตะพะฑั‰ะตะณะพ ะผะธั€ะฐ – ะ‘ะพะฐะทะพะผ ะฅะฐั€ะฟะฐะทะพะผ, ะฅะฐะดะฐั ะจะผัƒะตะปะธ ะธ ะ ะพะน ะจะผัƒัะปะธ ะฒะพ ะฒั€ะตะผั ัั‚ะพะณะพ ัƒะดะธะฒะธั‚ะตะปัŒะฝะพะณะพ ะฟั€ะธะบะปัŽั‡ะตะฝะธั, ะฟั€ะพะฒะพะดั ะบะฐะถะดั‹ะน ะดะตะฝัŒ ั‡ะฐัั‹ ะทะฐ ะบะพะฝัั‚ั€ัƒะบั‚ะธะฒะฝั‹ะผ ะธ ะฟะปะพะดะพั‚ะฒะพั€ะฝั‹ะผ ะดะธะฐะปะพะณะพะผ. ะฏ ะทะฝะฐัŽ, ั‡ั‚ะพ ะพั‚ะฝั‹ะฝะต ะฝะฐัˆะฐ ัะฒัะทัŒ ะฑัƒะดะตั‚ ะดะปะธั‚ัŒัั ะฒะตั‡ะฝะพ.


๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Prywatna audiencja papieska dla delegacji UPC.

Watykan, 9 grudnia 2021 r.

Miaล‚em przywilej uczestniczyฤ‡ w osobistym spotkaniu z papieลผem Franciszkiem w jego prywatnej bibliotece w Watykanie. Przybyliล›my jako czฤ™ล›ฤ‡ maล‚ej delegacji Powszechnej Rady Pokoju (UPC) kierowanej przez szejka Badera Kasema. Przez kilka miesiฤ™cy ta wizyta byล‚a wielokrotnie przekล‚adana z powodu pandemii, ale oto nadeszล‚a i przeszล‚a nasze najล›mielsze oczekiwania.

Nie ma sล‚รณw, aby opisaฤ‡ wielkoล›ฤ‡ klasy, ekscytacjฤ™ i urok, ktรณry tam byล‚. Podczas tej ekscytujฤ…cej wizyty czekaล‚o nas wiele miล‚ych niespodzianek: od uroczych ลผoล‚nierzy, ktรณrzy nas salutowali i pozowali do zdjฤ™ฤ‡, po serdecznych ksiฤ™ลผy towarzyszฤ…cych nam do momentu wejล›cia na spotkanie.

Ale nic nie przygotowaล‚o nas na to, ลผe sam Papieลผ wstaล‚, by powitaฤ‡ nas przy wejล›ciu do sali, i uล›cisnฤ…ล‚ nam dล‚onie delikatnie, z twarzฤ… peล‚nฤ… miล‚oล›ci i ciepล‚a. Zaprosiล‚ nas, abyล›my usiedli przy jego biurku i rozpoczฤ™liล›my rozmowฤ™ trwajฤ…cฤ… okoล‚o 20 minut.

Szejk Bader Kasem opowiedziaล‚ mu o Powszechnej Radzie Pokoju, ktรณrฤ… zaล‚oลผyล‚ 8 lat temu, ktรณrej celem jest ล‚ฤ…czenie duchownych i rรณลผnych spoล‚ecznoล›ci etnicznych na caล‚ym ล›wiecie. Papieลผ zadawaล‚ pytania, interesowaล‚ siฤ™ naszฤ… sytuacjฤ… na Bliskim Wschodzie i cieszyล‚ siฤ™ sล‚yszฤ…c o dziaล‚alnoล›ci. Podziฤ™kowaล‚ nam za wizytฤ™ i poprosiล‚ o informowanie go o postฤ™pach w dziaล‚alnoล›ci. Potem wstaliล›my z krzeseล‚ i przeszliล›my do etapu wymiany prezentรณw. 

ลปegnajฤ…c siฤ™ z nami peล‚en ciepล‚ego uล›miechu Papieลผ uล›cisnฤ…ล‚ nam dล‚onie, bล‚ogosล‚awiฤ…c kaลผdego z nas. Kilka godzin pรณลบniej Vatican Press – centralna prasa Watykanu opublikowana na caล‚ym ล›wiecie tฤ™ wizytฤ™ we wszystkich jฤ™zykach. 

Chcฤ™ podziฤ™kowaฤ‡ Szejkowi Baderowi Kasem za przyjaลบล„, zaufanie i zaproszenie nas wszystkich do bycia z nim w tym waลผnym momencie. To byล‚ mรณj zaszczyt i przywilej byฤ‡ czฤ™ล›ciฤ… tak wspaniaล‚ego zespoล‚u wraz z nim i innymi Ambasadorami Pokoju Powszechnego โ€“ Boazem Harpazem, Hadasem Szmuelim i Roj Szmuelim podczas tej niesamowitej przygody. Wiem, ลผe od teraz nasza wiฤ™ลบ bฤ™dzie trwaฤ‡ wiecznie.


Photo album: UPC Private Papal Audience – Helping Hand Global Forum (smugmug.com)

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