Israeli President Shimon Peres and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmud
Abbas will
pray for
peace at the
Vatican on
June 8, the Holy See said Thursday. Pope Francis had invited the pair to his home for a "heartfelt prayer" for
peace during his three-day trip to the region, and the meeting "will take place on
June 8, during the after**on," a date "accepted by both parties," the
Vatican said in a **te. Despite expectations Francis would steer clear of the thorny politics of the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict during his trip, the Argentine pontiff extended a personal invitation to the two men at the end of a mass in Bethlehem on Sunday. "I offer my home in the
Vatican as a place for this encounter of prayer... to join me in heartfelt prayer to God for the gift of peace," he said.
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