World Stamp Today:
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
The Vatican Philatelic Office released on February 22, 2021 a block of stamps featuring photographs of some of the pope's meetings with leaders of other world religions.
It also marked the beginning of the ninth year of the pontificate of Pope Francis.
The stamps highlight Francis’ new doctrine in his new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, that “the different religions, based on their respect for each human person as a creature called to be a child of God, contribute significantly to building fraternity and defending justice in society,” according to the Vatican Philatelic Office.
The stamps celebrate the pope’s encounters with representatives of the Abrahamic religions — with Rome’s Chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni (January 2016) ,with Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayyeb (February 2019), the pontiff's meeting the supreme patriarch of Thailand’s Buddhist community, Somdej Phra Maha Muneewon (November 2019), and Hindu leader Ndu-Kurukkal SivaSri T. Mahadeva in Sri Lanka (January 2015).
(Concept and research: Richard Allan Uy) All rights reserved
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