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Full text of pope’s statement to Abbas

25 May 2014, 12:29 pm Edit

The Palestinian Ma’an news agency publishes the full text of Pope Francis’s statement at the presidential palace in Bethlehem to PA President Mahmoud Abbas. Francis tells Abbas that he is “known as a man of peace and a peacemaker.” 

Pope Francis is welcomed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas upon his arrival to the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Sunday, May 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope Francis is welcomed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas upon his arrival at the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Sunday, May 25, 2014. (AP/Andrew Medichini)

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