Jews, Moslems and Christians joined in prayer last week for peace in the Middle East.
About 400 people attending a Feb. 20 ecumenical service here organized by a Catholic group heard readings from the Torah, the New Testament and the Koran.
Rabbi Alberto Abramo Piattelli of Rome, who shared the pulpit with a priest and an imam, recited the 86th Psalm in Hebrew.
The worshipers meditated in silence, and at the end of the service, each was given an olive branch, the universal symbol of peace.
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