Pope Calls For Peace After Gaza

  • 6 years ago
Pope Francis used his Easter Sunday address to call for "reconciliation for the Holy Land," in an apparent reference to violence on the Israeli-Gaza border which killed at least 17 Palestinians and injured more than 1,400 on Friday. Speaking to a crowd of thousands gathered at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Pope Francis says "the wounds of ongoing conflict did not "spare the defenseless.

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