00:01For the Archbishop of Algiers, Pope Leo's visit to Algeria is a dream come true.
00:07For the city's small Christian community, it's a powerful gesture of recognition.
00:12The trip will be historic, the first time a head of the Catholic Church has visited the North African Muslim
00:19-majority country.
00:25I admit that what I am expecting above all from this meeting, from this visit, is a genuine encounter, a
00:31true encounter, free and without constraint.
00:37That is what makes a papal visit to a country what it is, and especially in Algeria, where the Pope
00:44is not coming to visit, let us say, a very large Christian population, but rather a country.
00:52A country which is Muslim in its culture and its tradition, and which sees itself as Muslim today.
01:02Algerian authorities view the visit as highly significant in a country where ancient Christian memory coexists with the Muslim reality
01:09of today.
01:13For me, bearing witness about the Christian clergy murdered during the period of 1990-2000 is important, for the Universal
01:22Church and for the entire world.
01:24It's important to bear witness.
01:27For me, it is about this relationship between, rather than Islamic-Christian inter-religious dialogue, it's about living together, sharing
01:36joys and the sorrows of our lives together, whatever our religions may be.
01:40Ultimately, for me, being a believer means that above all.
01:44From April 13th to the 15th, the Pope will visit Algiers and Annabar, home to the Basilica of St Augustine.
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