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Pope Francis is more powerful than the United Nation when it comes to advocating peace, former Israeli President Shimon Peres says. Peres, while visiting the Vatican asked Pope Francis to head a parallel United Nations called the "United Religions" to counter religious extremism in the world extant.
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Peres said the United Nations and its peacekeepers "do not have the force or the effectiveness of any one of the Pope's homilies, which can draw half a million people just in St Peter's Square alone."
"So given that the United Nations has run its course, what we need is an organization of United Religions," Peres said, as "the best way to counteract these terrorists who kill in the name of their faith."
Vatican officials confirmed that Peres had requested the meeting and told the Pope about his idea for United Religions. The Pope did not commit himself to the proposal.
"The Pope listened" to the idea just as he always does with any peace initiative, "showing his interest, his attention and encouragement," Father Lombardi said.
The main focus of their talk was Peres' idea for a "United Religions" organization and did not touch on current "political issues in any depth" the Vatican spokesman said.
The 91-year-old former two-term prime minister of Israel said he wanted to establish an international body representing the world's major religions, as a moral force able to intervene in conflicts.
Pope Francis would be the best person to head such a world body, Peres says, because "perhaps for the first time in history, the Holy Father is a leader who's respected, not just by a lot of people, but also by different religions and their representatives."
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Pope Francis more powerful advocate for peace than U.N., Shimon Peres proclaims
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