Pope Dives Into Mideast Peace Making
Pope Francis plunged head-first into Mideast peace-making Sunday, welcoming the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to the Vatican just weeks after the last round of U.S.-sponsored negotiations collapsed.
Israeli President Shimon Peres, PA President Mahmoud Abbas, and Pope Francis held an interfaith prayer ceremony in the Vatican gardens.
The very notion of interreligious prayer is a violation of Torah principles.
Vatican officials have described the prayer evening as something of a “time-out” in political negotiations. No concrete results are expected: Peres has no formal role in peace negotiations, holds a largely ceremonial post and leaves office at the end of the month.
This article appeared in print on page 6 of edition of Hamodia.
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