{"id":58573,"date":"2026-04-14T15:04:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=58573"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:04:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:04:42","slug":"former-archbishop-pope-leo-xivs-message-to-algeria-centered-on-peace-and-interfaith-coexistence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=58573","title":{"rendered":"Former Archbishop: Pope Leo XIV&#8217;s Message to Algeria Centered on Peace and Interfaith Coexistence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former Archbishop of Algiers, Paul Desfarges, told <strong>dzwatch<\/strong> that Pope Leo XIV&#8217;s message during his visit to Algeria is deeply rooted in values of peace, friendship, and coexistence among peoples and religions.<\/p>\n<p>The Archbishop emphasized that the visit &#8220;carries a profound human and spiritual dimension, reinforcing interfaith dialogue and mutual respect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added that the visit &#8220;embodies the intellectual and humanitarian legacy of Saint Augustine, whose name is forever linked to Algeria \u2014 a cornerstone for promoting dialogue between Muslims and Christians.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Desfarges further stated that the papal visit &#8220;represents a rare opportunity to showcase Algeria&#8217;s model of shared coexistence, built on mutual respect, peace, and friendship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The visit, he noted, comes within a framework of &#8220;promoting peace, interfaith dialogue, and bringing peoples closer together \u2014 at a time when the international community urgently needs greater initiatives of understanding and coexistence.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former Archbishop of Algiers, Paul Desfarges, told dzwatch that Pope Leo XIV&#8217;s message during his visit to Algeria is deeply rooted in values of peace, friendship, and coexistence among peoples and religions. The Archbishop emphasized that the visit &#8220;carries a profound human and spiritual dimension, reinforcing interfaith dialogue and mutual respect.&#8221; He added that &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}