The Cardinal Secretary of State of the Vatican received this Saturday the delegate of the international political organization of the states of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, who was accompanied by several ambassadors from countries in the region. He reminded them of the Pope's concerns and the Holy See's positions, including that of the two-state solution.
On the sidelines of the Holy Mass for the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor – the famine genocide in Ukraine in the 20th century – Cardinal Secretary of State Parolin expressed the Pope's position…
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Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin received this Saturday the Arab League delegate Enas Sayed Mohamed Aly Mekkawy, accompanied by Palestinian Ambassador Issa Kassissieh, Lebanese Ambassador Farid El Khazen, Iraqi Ambassador Rahman Farhan Abdullah Alaameri and Egyptian Ambassador Mahmoud Talaat and they communicated the Holy See's concern about the situation in Israel and Palestine.
The concerns of the Holy See
During cordial discussions at the Secretariat of State, the Secretary of State, according to a statement from the Holy See Press Office, “reiterated the Holy Father Francis' repeated call for a ceasefire, humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip and the urgent need to ensure the full implementation of the two-state solution and an internationally guaranteed solution “To achieve a special status for the city of Jerusalem in order to achieve lasting peace in the region”.
(Vatican news)