Pope John Paul II issued another urgent appeal for peace in Lebanon. In a statement June 16, published Saturday in the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano, he appeared to refer obliquely to Israel when he expressed hope “that in the soul of he who seems to be prevailing, magnanimity may triumph, wisdom and for-sightedness ….”
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