Friday, August 24, 2007

Israeli president to see Pope Benedict on Italy trip

AFP via Yahoo! News
Fri Aug 24, 7:00 AM ET

VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI will receive Israeli President Shimon Peres in a private audience at his summer residence outside Rome on September 6, the Vatican said Friday.

The two men have met before, in April last year, and when Peres became president in July the Roman Catholic pontiff urged him to work to "advance the cause of peace" in the Middle East.

Israel and the Holy See have long been in talks about the legal and financial status of the Roman Catholic church in the Jewish state.
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posted by Dr. Denice Hanley, DPM, M.Div. @ 2:49 PM

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