Pope Francis asks to devote a minute to peace
(Rossella Tercatin) In the Wednesday general audience, Francis remembered the upcoming fifth anniversary of the joint prayer event with late Israeli President Shimon Peres and PA President Mahmoud Abbas that he hosted. “Next Saturday, June 8, will mark the fifth anniversary of the encounter, here in the Vatican, between the presidents of Israel and Palestine and me and Patriarch Bartholomew,” Francis said according to the newspaper.