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May 17, 2021

Pope Francis appeals for peace in Holy Land, says death of children 'unacceptable'

Palestinians evacuate a body from the site of Israeli strikes in Gaza City May 17, 2021.

VATICAN CITY -- The injury and death of so many innocent people, especially children, caused by escalating violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip is "terrible and unacceptable," putting the area at risk of sinking into "a spiral of death and destruction," Pope Francis said.

Published in Reflections
January 21, 2017

Vatican policy promotes access to Jerusalem, self-determination for all

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Pope Francis and the late Israeli President Shimon Peres arrive for an invocation for peace in the Vatican Gardens June 8, 2014.

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican's hopes for a peace-filled world and its defence of the right to religious freedom have supported its consistent position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for 70 years.

Published in International