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Wednesday, June 28, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Arab party chair Ayman Odeh meets Pope Francis in Vatican
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleChairman of the Joint (Arab) List Ayman Odeh meets with Pope Francis as part of a series of meetings with senior Vatican officials in the historic city.
Odeh tells the Pontiff and other Vatican officials of the discrimination and challenges faced by Christian schools in Israel.
He also discusses other regional diplomatic issues with Secretary of State, His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, including the peace process, Israel’s family reunification policy and the fate of displaced Christian residents from two Galilee villages.
He also presents the Pope with a painting by a local artist of Mary at Nazareth’s Church of the Annunciation.
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