Vatican plays down any expectations or that the meeting will lead to any immediate breakthrough in the ailing peace process.
The prayer meeting is being billed as a ‘pause from politics.’
By Reuters
Israeli and Palestinian presidents were to meet in an unprecedented prayer meeting with Pope Francis on Sunday, a gesture he hopes will “re-create a desire, a possibility” of relaunching the Middle East’s stalled peace process.
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Peres and the Pope – CTV screenshot
The Vatican has played down any expectations that the Sunday evening meeting between Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas – billed as a “pause from politics” – will lead to any immediate breakthroughs in the region’s tortuous problems and says it is not meddling in regional issues. Continue Reading »