Azerbaijan strengthens ties with Vatican with restorations in Holy See
Azerbaijan is strengthening its relations with the Vatican and the Catholic world, supporting the restoration of historic catacombs in the Holy See and in parallel by building a new Catholic church in Azerbaijan.
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00:00in rome azerbaijan's first vice president mihriban aliyeva attended the reopening of the restored catacombs of kamadila a four-century christian site revived with support from the heidar ali foundation
00:12vatican officials praised azerbaijan's role in preserving world heritage and strengthening interfaith dialogue the catacombs contained some of the earliest christian frescoes and tombs of martyrs felicissimus and agapaitos restoration teams used laser and nanotechnology methods
00:29to safeguard the fragile paintings and stabilize the underground walls during her visit aliyeva met with pope leo fourteen where the pope underlined inter-religious dialogue with azerbaijan she also met vatican city gaona raffaella petrini together they planted a symbolic palm-granate tree
00:48a gesture of friendship and shared heritage between the two states at the vatican apostolic library she viewed rare azerbaijani manuscripts preserved with the foundation's support cooperation with the library has helped digitize and protect centuries-old texts and maps of the region
01:05aliyeva also visited europe's largest pediatric research center the bambina gesso children's hospital where a new agreement will allow azerbaijani doctors to work with italian colleagues on genetic and rare disease research beyond rome a new catholic church dedicated to st john paul the second is being built in baku
01:24blessed by vatican secretary archbishop paul richard gallagher from the ancient catacombs to modern construction sites the cooperation between azerbaijan and the holy sea continues to grow through culture science and mutual respect
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