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Pope Benedict calls for peace in Jerusalem, the ‘spiritual homeland’

Vatican City, Mar 28, 2010 / 08:30 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Expressing his sorrow for the current situation in the Holy Land, Pope Benedict XVI hoped and prayed for peace in the region on Palm Sunday. He provided words of encouragement for Christians in the area and reflected on the nature of the pilgrim as a “messenger of peace.”

In his Italian-language greeting after the Angelus, the Pope drew attention to Jerusalem, Jesus’ destination in Sunday’s Liturgy. He said he is “profoundly pained” by the recent conflicts and tensions in the city, which he called “the spiritual homeland of Christians, Jews and Muslims.”

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