Pontiff Requests Prayers for Peace in Jerusalem [Zenit]

[Catholic_Press]

Encourages Pilgrims to Visit Holy Land

VATICAN CITY, MARCH 14, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Amid news reports of increasing conflict in Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Benedict XVI is calling for prayers for the Jews, Muslim, Christians, and all people of that region.

The Pope stated this today in a public address before praying the midday Angelus with the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square.

“In this moment our thoughts and our hearts are directed in a special way toward Jerusalem,” he said, “where the paschal mystery was accomplished.”

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[CNA_News]

Vatican City, Mar 28, 2010 / 08:30 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Expressing his sorrow for the current situation in the Holy Land, Pope Benedict XVI hoped and prayed for peace in the region on Palm Sunday. He provided words of encouragement for Christians in the area and reflected on the nature of the pilgrim as a “messenger of peace.”

In his Italian-language greeting after the Angelus, the Pope drew attention to Jerusalem, Jesus’ destination in Sunday’s Liturgy. He said he is “profoundly pained” by the recent conflicts and tensions in the city, which he called “the spiritual homeland of Christians, Jews and Muslims.”

This city is the “prophecy and promise of that universal reconciliation that God desires for the entire human family,” noted the Pope.

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