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Ranking Cardinal Urges Christian World to Join Pope's Prayer for Peace

JERUSALEM, April 4, 2002--The Roman Catholic Church has sent an urgent 
message to the Israeli government and others seeking an end to violence in 
the Holy Land.  

Word has been received here that Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Vatican 
Secretary of State, has stated that a solution to the crisis in the Holy Land 
should be based on approved UN resolutions.

In a column that appeared Thursday in the Italian daily Avvenire, Cardinal 
Sodano wrote that existing UN resolutions form the basis for a workable peace
agreement. The UN resolutions call for Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian 
territories.

According to the Rome-based CWNews.com, the cardinal added that in addition 
to diplomatic efforts, "we must not forget that the prayers of believers are 
very necessary" to the search for peace.  He said that all Christians "should 
unite with the Pope's prayer, and that of all the Church, asking for peace."

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