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Monday, March 10, 2008

FRESH APPEALS FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

VATICAN CITY, 9 MAR 2008 (VIS) - After praying the Angelus today, the Pope again launched an appeal for peace in the Middle East.

  "Over the last few days, violence and horror have once again bloodied the Holy Land, nourishing the spiral of destruction and death which seems to have no end. While inviting you to ask the Almighty Lord insistently for the gift of peace in that region, I wish to entrust the many innocent victims to His mercy, and to express my solidarity with the families and the injured.

  "I also encourage the Israeli and Palestinian authorities in their intention to continue building, through negotiation, a peaceful and just future for their peoples. And I ask everyone, in God's name, to abandon the tortuous paths of hatred and revenge, and responsibly to follow the ways of dialogue and trust.

  "This is also my hope for Iraq", he added, "while our uneasiness persists over the fate of Archbishop Rahho, and of so many Iraqis who continue to be subject to blind and meaningless violence which is certainly contrary to the wishes of God".

  Finally, the Pope recalled that in St. Peter's Basilica at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday 13 March he will preside at a penitential liturgy for young people of the diocese of Rome in preparation for 23rd World Youth Day, which will be held in Sydney, Australia in July. "Dear young people", said Benedict XVI, "I invite you all to this appointment with the mercy of God".
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