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Urgent
need for peace in Middle East: Pope
Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:43:34 PM, DPA
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Rome:
Roman Catholic Pope Benedict XVI Sunday called for the prompt
resolution of the Middle East conflict and urged Muslim countries
to guarantee total religious freedom.
Peace is needed urgently in the volatile region, and an essential
prerequisite for dignified life, the pontiff said at a mass at St
Peter's Basilica to mark formal closing of the Vatican's two-week
synod on future of the Middle East's dwindling Christian
communities.
"The conflict in the Middle East has gone on for too long -- the
wars, the violence, the terrorism," Benedict said.
Freedom of religion was one of the fundamental human rights every
state in the region should respect, he noted. Several Muslim
countries tightly curtail the practice of Christianity.
The meeting of bishops, or synod, regarded the need for Christians
and Muslims enter into dialogue as important, Benedict said.
The bishops produced a 44-point set of proposals on how to
strengthen the Christian presence in the region. The document is
to be submitted to the pontiff for his final approval.
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