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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: The Pontiff, along with all religious leaders, gather for peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting, promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: The Pontiff, along with all religious leaders, gather for peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting, promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: The Pontiff, along with all religious leaders, gather for peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting, promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: The Pontiff, along with all religious leaders, gather for peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting, promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: The Pontiff, along with all religious leaders, gather for peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting, promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: The Pontiff sits on the stage with representatives of all religions. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting, promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: The Pontiff sits on the stage with representatives of all religions. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting, promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: The Pontiff sits on the stage with representatives of all religions. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting, promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: Representatives of all religions light the candelabrum of peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: Representatives of all religions light the candelabrum of peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: Representatives of all religions light the candelabrum of peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: Representatives of all religions light the candelabrum of peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: Representatives of all religions light the candelabrum of peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: Representatives of all religions light the candelabrum of peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: Representatives of all religions light the candelabrum of peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: Representatives of all religions light the candelabrum of peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: The Pontiff lights the candelabra of peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting, promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: The pontiff arrives on stage. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: Pope Leo XIV's address on peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting, promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: Pope Leo XIV's address on peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting, promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: Pope Leo XIV's address on peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting, promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: The pontiff arrives on stage. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: Pope Leo XIV's address on peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting, promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: The Pontiff lights the candelabra of peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting, promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: On October 28, 2025, the Pontiff lights the candelabrum of peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Meeting for Peace - Rome

Rome, October 28, 2025: The Pontiff, along with all religious leaders, gather for peace. Pope Leo XIV participates in the International Peace Meeting, promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, at the Colosseum. A gathering of dialogue, prayer, and shared commitment to building a more just and fraternal world. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China: Playful Tiger Cub Sneaks Up on Caretaker in Harbin Zoo

This video was filmed at a zoo in Harbin, Heilongjiang, on August 26, 2025. It captured the cute moment when a tiger cub tried to catch his caretaker off guard, but was quickly noticed, scooped into his arms, and turned into a cuddly kitten.

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Oil Wrestling Tournament - Turkey

Inside a grand mosque, a large gathering of people congregates for prayer in Edirne, Turkey, July 2018. Photo by Konstantin Novakovic/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Present with the Pope in the Vatican Gardens on the evening of 7 June 2024, Rabbi Alberto Funaro and Abdellah Redouane, Secretary General of the Italian Islamic Cultural Centre and the ambassadors of the States of Israel and Palestine to the Holy See. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Present with the Pope in the Vatican Gardens on the evening of 7 June 2024, Rabbi Alberto Funaro and Abdellah Redouane, Secretary General of the Italian Islamic Cultural Centre and the ambassadors of the States of Israel and Palestine to the Holy See. Photo: (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Present with the Pope in the Vatican Gardens on the evening of 7 June 2024, Rabbi Alberto Funaro and Abdellah Redouane, Secretary General of the Italian Islamic Cultural Centre and the ambassadors of the States of Israel and Palestine to the Holy See. Photo: (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM