Pope John Paul called the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians “an absurd spiral of violence.” In his weekly address to pilgrims and tourists in St Peter’s Square, he decried the “immoral chain of provocations and reprisals” and said, “Sowing death every day only serves to exasperate people and delay the blessed day when everyone can look each other in the face and walk together as brothers.”
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