Lebanon: Christians and Muslims together for the “Prayer for Humanity” in the name of Mary
Lebanese Christians and Muslims invite their compatriots to join on the day of "Prayer for humanity" promoted by the Higher Committee for Human Fraternity on Thursday 14 May, with the intention of asking God, with prayers, fasting and good charity, to save humanity from the coronavirus pandemic.
The initiative, immediately relaunched by Pope Francis and by sheikh Ahmed al Tayyeb, Sunni Grand Imam of Al Azhar, in Lebanon found the prompt and concrete adhesion of groups who every year animate the celebrations for the feast of the Annunciation and manifest their common devotion to the Virgin Mary.
Naji el Khoury, Secretary General of the “Islamic-Christian meeting around Mary”, announced the detailed program of the initiative convened by his organization as a sign of active adhesion to the appeal of the Higher Committee for Human Fraternity.
At 4pm on Thursday 14 May – Naji el Khoury reported in the Lebanese media – the members of the association will meet in a hall of the Heritage Village, on the way to Beirut airport, taking all the necessary precautions from a health point of view – face masks, gloves, distancing among people – and they will create an Islamic-Christian celebration to ask – each according to his faith – that God relieves everyone from the pandemic contagion potentially capable of threatening the lives of billions of people.
