14.06.09 - Pope Works for Peace in the Holy Land
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Pope, Peres, Abbas pray at Vatican for peace.
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres committed themselves to the quest for peace Sunday during a meeting of key figures in the Middle East peace process.
But unlike previous attempts to achieve a resolution to the region's turmoil through traditional means, there would be no negotiating nor any political talks at Sunday's summit. This appeal would be made to a higher calling: Abbas and Peres prayed for peace together Sunday at the Vatican home of Pope Francis.
The meeting comes two weeks after the Pope invited the two leaders to do so during his visit to the Holy Land.
"In this, the birthplace of the Prince of Peace" the Pope said in Bethlehem's Manger Square following a May 25 Mass, " I wish to invite you, President Mahmoud Abbas, together with President Shimon Peres, to join me in heartfelt prayer to God for the gift of peace."
Sunday's meeting was a first for the Vatican, which had never hosted a prayer gathering of two leaders engaged in conflict.
However pious the agenda, the day wasn't totally free of political subtext.
After prayers read in Arabic, Hebrew and Italian by figures from different religions, each leader offered his own invocation.
"Without peace, we are not complete. We have yet to achieve this mission of humanity," Peres said. "Even when peace seems distant, we must pursue it to bring it closer."
"We ask you, Lord, for peace in the Holy Land, Palestine and Jerusalem," said Abbas, according to a CNN translator. "Together with its people, we call on you to make Palestine and Jerusalem, in particular, a secure land for all believers, a place of prayer and worship."
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