Israel and Palestine accept invitation for peace dialogue in Vatican

From Amman to Bethlehem, helicopter, without stepping on Israeli land, Pope Francis started his second day in the Holy Land in the same way the first ended: invoking the need for a peaceful and urgent to peace process. “I encourage the Palestinian and Israeli peoples and their respective authorities,” said Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the president of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Mahmoud Abbas, “to undertake a happy exodus to peace with courage and firmness necessary for all exodus.”

Francis Pope stood, prayed and laid his head on the separation wall in Bethlehem, one of the saddest places in the world because it symbolizes the constant failure of dialogue between brothers. Francisco also invited the leaders of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli President Shimon Peres, to “talk” about peace in the Vatican. Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, confirmed that this is a formal invitation to the two leaders to talk peace “in a religious sense.” The meeting, according to Lombardi, can take place in the Vatican in a short space of time.

The spontaneous gesture of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, which had never been done by a Pope, was accompanied by a formal invitation that was not planned. Near the place where tradition says Jesus was born, Francisco said, “Mr. President, Mahmoud Abbas, in this place where the Prince of Peace was born, I invite you and Mr. President Shimon Peres to elevate together an intense prayer asking God the gift of peace. Offer the possibility of hosting the prayer meeting at my house, in the Vatican. ” He added: ” Building Peace is hard, but living without it is a torment. The men and women of this land and around the world ask us offer to God their desire for peace. “

Israelis and Palestinians accepted the papal invitation for dialogue between Presidents Peres and Abbas at the Vatican in June.

Although the trip was initially a strong religious – the character commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic meeting between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras – the same personality of Francisco, a glued to the concerns of people pastor, above creeds or nationalities, is turning his visit into a ” vehement ” – the expression is hers plea for peace in the Middle East. ” From the bottom of my heart “, he said no more land in the West Bank, ” and while I express my closeness to those who suffer most from the consequences of this conflict, I say, for the good of all, and is time to end this situation, which becomes increasingly unacceptable. Efforts and initiatives to create the conditions for a stable peace based on justice, on the recognition of the rights of each and mutual security for redoubled. The moment that everyone has the audacity of generosity and creativity at the service of the good, the value of peace, which is based on the recognition by all, the right of two states to exist and enjoy peace has come and security within internationally recognized borders around “.

As was the case on Saturday when he praised the mediation efforts in the region of King Abdullah II, President Abbas Francisco addressed in terms of appreciation: “Mr. President, you are known as a man of peace and a peacemaker. The recent meeting in the Vatican with you and my presence in Palestine attest to the good relations between the Holy See and the State of Palestine, and I hope to grow for the good of all. ” An explicit the two Muslim leaders in the region recognition and a reference to ” State of Palestine ” of concern in Israel just a few hours before the Pope in Jerusalem Francisco start the last leg of his visit. Jorge Mario Bergoglio arrive this afternoon to the city by helicopter, after celebrating a Mass in front of 8,000 people in Manger Square in Bethlehem and lunch with a group of Palestinian families from East Jerusalem, Galilee and Gaza.

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