Pope Calls for Peace

Pope Francis has called for peace for Jerusalem and hopes Palestine and Israel can talk peacefully about their establishment.

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Pope Francis holds a statuette of baby Jesus during the traditional midnight mass in St. Peter\'s Basilica on Christmas Eve at the Vatican December 24, 2017.

VATICAN, KOMPAS — Pope Francis has called for peace for Jerusalem and hopes Palestine and Israel can talk peacefully about the establishment of two states that live side by side. He made the statement in his Christmas Day message on Monday (25/12).

“Let us pray that the will to resume dialogue may prevail between the parties and that a negotiated solution can finally be reached, one that would allow the peaceful co-existence of two states within mutually agreed and internationally recognized borders,” the Pope said during the Urbi et Orbi (To the City and to the World) message on Monday morning local time in Rome.