Iran’s president calls on Pope Francis to use influence to stop war in Middle East

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian appeals to Pope Francis to use his Christian leadership in helping end Middle East conflicts

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Pope Francis participates in a lunch offered by the Vatican to poor people, on World Day of the Poor, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, November 17, 2024.

Tehran and the Holy See have enjoyed formal diplomatic relations since 1954, and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in 2022 shared a message to Pope Francis lauding his “stances on consolidating relations between Islam and Christianity”.constituted a genocide of the Palestinian people, in some of his most explicit criticism yet of Israel’s conduct in its year-long war.

Pezeshkian added that Tehran was ready to engage constructively with the Vatican to promote peace and justice in the world. Francis, leader of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church, is usually careful not to take sides in international conflicts, and to stress de-escalation. But he has stepped up his criticism of Israel’s conduct in its war against Hamas recently. – Rappler.com

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