Pope calls Palestinian pioneer 'holy messenger of peace' amid visit, Pope Francis applauded Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a "heavenly attendant of peace" amid a meeting Saturday at the Vatican that underscored the Holy See's warm relations with the Palestinians.
Francis made the compliment amid the conventional trade of endowments toward the end of an official crowd in the Apostolic Palace. He gave Abbas an emblem and clarified that it spoke to the "holy messenger of peace pulverizing the terrible soul of war."
Francis said he thought the blessing was fitting since "you are a holy messenger of peace." During his 2014 visit to Israel and the West Bank, Francis called both Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres men of peace.
Abbas is in Rome for the canonization Sunday of two 19th-century nuns from what was then Ottoman-ruled Palestine. The new holy people, Mariam Bawardy and Marie Alphonsine Ghattas, are the first from the district to be sainted following the beginning of Christianity.
Abbas on Saturday offered Francis relics of the two new holy people.
Church authorities are holding up the new holy people as an indication of trust and support in Christians in the Middle East during an era when savage oppression from Islamic fanatics has driven numerous Christians from the district of Christ's introduction to the world.
Abbas' visit likewise comes days after the Vatican concluded a respective arrangement with the "condition of Palestine" that made unequivocal its acknowledgment of Palestinian statehood.
The Vatican said it had communicated "awesome fulfillment" over the new arrangement amid the discussions with the Palestinian appointment. It said the pope, and later the Vatican secretary of state, additionally communicated trusts that immediate peace converses with Israel would continue.
"To this end, the wish was repeated that with the backing of the universal group, Israelis and Palestinians may bring with determination valiant choices to advance peace," a Vatican explanation said.
It included that interreligious dialog was expected to battle terrorism.
Francis made the compliment amid the conventional trade of endowments toward the end of an official crowd in the Apostolic Palace. He gave Abbas an emblem and clarified that it spoke to the "holy messenger of peace pulverizing the terrible soul of war."
Francis said he thought the blessing was fitting since "you are a holy messenger of peace." During his 2014 visit to Israel and the West Bank, Francis called both Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres men of peace.
Abbas is in Rome for the canonization Sunday of two 19th-century nuns from what was then Ottoman-ruled Palestine. The new holy people, Mariam Bawardy and Marie Alphonsine Ghattas, are the first from the district to be sainted following the beginning of Christianity.
Abbas on Saturday offered Francis relics of the two new holy people.
Church authorities are holding up the new holy people as an indication of trust and support in Christians in the Middle East during an era when savage oppression from Islamic fanatics has driven numerous Christians from the district of Christ's introduction to the world.
Abbas' visit likewise comes days after the Vatican concluded a respective arrangement with the "condition of Palestine" that made unequivocal its acknowledgment of Palestinian statehood.
The Vatican said it had communicated "awesome fulfillment" over the new arrangement amid the discussions with the Palestinian appointment. It said the pope, and later the Vatican secretary of state, additionally communicated trusts that immediate peace converses with Israel would continue.
"To this end, the wish was repeated that with the backing of the universal group, Israelis and Palestinians may bring with determination valiant choices to advance peace," a Vatican explanation said.
It included that interreligious dialog was expected to battle terrorism.
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