Papal Appeal to Renew Mideast Peace Talks
ISTANBUL, 7 December 2001 (“Lraper” Church Bulletin) —
Sources in Italy report that His Holiness John Paul II, Bishop of Rome and Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, severely condemned the violence in the Middle East and called on the international community to help Israelis and Palestinians renew negotiations.
“I feel the need to express my most heartfelt sympathy for the new victims of the absurd violence that continues to bloody the Middle East region,” the Pope said before bidding farewell to the 10,000 pilgrims present at a general audience on Wednesday.
“Once again I repeat with an afflicted spirit that violence never resolves conflicts but, on the contrary, increases the tragic consequences,” the Pope added.
He then made “a new and urgent appeal to the international community to help Israelis and Palestinians, with increasing determination and courage, to break this futile spiral of death.”
Raising his voice, John Paul II concluded: “may negotiations be renewed immediately so that the longed-for peace can finally be attained.”
Sources in the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem have also expressed concern at the acceleration of violence in the Holy Land.
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