The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud paid a visit to Vatican's Pope Benedictus XVI at the papal headquarters in Rome today within the framework of the Monarch's current visit to Italy. The King and the Pope held a bilateral meeting during which they emphasized the importance of dialogue between religions and civilizations to promote tolerance on which all religions urge, to renounce violence and to achieve security, peace and stability for all peoples of the world. The King stressed that peoples are combined by common values and the best expression of these shared values came in religions. The Monarch affirmed that turning back to these values is a solution to the suffering of peoples of the plights of differences and conflicts and that adherence to these values embodies the good, tranquility and social harmony for the human being, his family, society and relation with others. The two sides also stressed that violence and terrorism have nothing to do with a religion or a homeland and that all nations and peoples should work together in confronting and eliminating this phenomenon. Then the King and the Pope exchanged memorial gifts on this occasion. Later, the King accompanied by Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the Foreign Minister paid a visit to Vatican's Secretary (Premier) Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.
