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January 14, 2016

Pope to teens: Don't fall for hate, fearmongers; find nice friends

Pope to teens: Don't fall for hate, fearmongers; find nice friends

VATICAN CITY - Don't fall for hate and fearmongering from others; make new friends instead and always help and show concern for others, Pope Francis told the world's teens.

Published in Faith
July 7, 2014

Jerusalem patriarch denounces wave of retaliations after teen murders

Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal

JERUSALEM - Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal strongly denounced the increasing wave of violent retaliations following the murders of Israeli and Palestinian teens and called on political and religious leaders to act to calm the atmosphere.

Published in International
July 2, 2014

Pope phones rabbi, offers condolences over murder Israeli teens' murder

Women cry during the eulogy July 1 for Eyal Yifrach, one of three Israeli teens found dead in a West Bank field 18 days after they disappeared trying to hitchhike home. Israel blamed the Islamist movement Hamas and launched targeted airstrikes into the G aza Strip.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis telephoned Rome's chief rabbi to personally express his sadness over the murder of three kidnapped Israeli teens whose bodies were found June 30 in Hebron, West Bank.

Published in Vatican