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Appeal For Mid-East peace:From Pope's Platform
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by Amitjha | December 25, 2008 at 02:33 am
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Pope Benedict XVI has used his traditional Christmas Midnight Mass to call for an end to "hatred and violence" in the Middle East.
Addressing a huge congregation at the Vatican's St Peter's Basilica, he appealed for a new understanding between Israelis and Palestinians.
Thousands of pilgrims celebrated the start of Christmas in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, amid tight security.
The Pope will deliver his Christmas Day message from St Peter's later.
Hours after the Pope spoke, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni met to to discuss growing violence between Israel and militants in Gaza.
Top of the agenda was the end of the six-month ceasefire in Gaza, which the Egyptians have brokered
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at 03:07 on December 25th, 2008
This has been a hard pill to swallow coming from the Vatican...mostly because Muslims and Christians have not forgot all the violence and death the Roman Catholic Church poured out upon the people.
Maybe after a few more hundred years people may be a little more apt to listen.
It's like if the Nazi party started announcing that all this violence against the Jews needs to stop...yeah, people would take them seriously.
Once your credibility among the people has been destroyed by your own hatred, and lets face it, killing those who do not believe what you do is pretty hateful (in fact we call that radical today), it is not a good way to win friends and influence others.
at 03:07 on December 25th, 2008
It would be nice if you would add an Introduction on all your posts as you post them.
Thank you for the Post.
at 06:34 on December 25th, 2008
? I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean about an introduction?
I would be glad to if you explained...I have only been using the system for a few weeks and still have a few things to learn about the procedures here.
Thanks!