Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the Palestinian territories May 13 and immediately declared the Vatican's support for an independent Palestine."The Holy See supports the right of your people to a sovereign Palestinian homeland in the land of your forefathers, secure and at peace with its neighbors, within internationally recognized borders," the pope told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The pope met with Abbas before celebrating Mass in Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity, which marks the place where Jesus was born.
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1 comments:
This report is quite tendentious...he used the word "homeland" with PA Pres Abbas...
As he did at Tel Aviv.
He went closer to the term "statehood" at the Aida Refugee Camp visit.
Yes, these words are nuances but in Israel, as you know they are hyper sensitive about the Vatican and His Holiness, just as they were with Paul VI.
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