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By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Mar 3, 2024 / 09:25 am “Enough!” “Stop!” Pope Francis repeated from the window of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Sunday as he called for Israel and Palestine to reach an agreement for “an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.” Speaking in his Angelus address on March 3, the pope …

By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Oct 16, 2023 / 06:47 am The Latin Catholic patriarch of Jerusalem has offered to be exchanged for the children being held hostage in the Gaza Strip by Hamas. Speaking to journalists via video conference on Oct.16, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa was asked if he would be …