Vatican Metropolis: With the papal check out to Kazakhstan a handful of months absent, the Vatican has unveiled the emblem and motto of the check out. ‘Envoys of peace and unity’ is the topic of the Pope’s check out from 13 to 15 September. The white, blue, yellow and eco-friendly symbol has five figures.
Pope Francis will get there in the region in the context of the Kazakh funds Nur Sutan, which will host an inter-spiritual meeting. Encouraged by the Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi convened by St. John Paul II in 1986, the Kazakh Inter-religious Conference was began in 2003 by former Kazakh president Nur Sultan Nazar Babaev.
The white round symbol capabilities the signal of the cross, a dove carrying an olive tree as a image of peace, two hands, a coronary heart symbol and the symbol of the regular Kazakh property of the “ Yurt ”. Above and down below the logo are slogans in Kazakh and Russian.
Among the these inscriptions a traveling dove with an olive department is depicted. A pigeon’s wings consist of two palms. Palm trees symbolize messengers of peace and harmony. A coronary heart symbol is on a single of the wings. It symbolizes adore which is the consequence of mutual comprehension, cooperation and dialogue.
Among the higher textual content and the impression of a dove is the ‘shanirak’, a element of the traditional tent-formed dwelling (yurt) of the Kazakh folks, depicted in sky blue. A yellow cross in the middle! The blue and yellow used in the emblem are the shades of the Kazakh flag and the yellow and white of the papal flag. The eco-friendly color of the olive branch is a symbol of hope.
Once portion of the Soviet Union, the populace of Kazakhstan, which acquired independence on December 16, 1991, is 70% Muslim and 25% Christian. Catholics make up fewer than one per cent of these. The majority of the Catholic population of about two and a 50 percent million is of Polish, German and Lithuanian descent. There is also the group of the Greek and Jap Church. Kazakhstan has an archdiocese, two dioceses and an apostolic vicariate.
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