Tag: conflict
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Pope Francis at Angelus urges release of Hamas hostages, end of conflict in Israel and Palestine
By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Sep 15, 2024 / 09:36 am During his Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis appealed for the release of the remaining Hamas hostages as he remembered 23-year-old American Hersh Goldberg-Polin and five others whose bodies were recovered by Israeli military in Gaza last month. “I am praying for the victims and continue…
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Vatican urges Iran to avoid ‘in any way’ escalating conflict in Middle East
By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Aug 12, 2024 / 10:25 am The Vatican has urged Iran to avoid escalating “in any way” the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, spoke on the phone on Monday morning with Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, in a conversation that underlined…