His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin meets Middle East Nuncios, speaks with Lebanon's new President

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The Holy See Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin  (ANSA)

A statement from the Holy See announced that the Cardinal Secretary of State held a meeting in Amman with papal representatives of Middle Eastern nations, in which a call for a ceasefire “on every front” was made, along with a desire for peace in the Middle East.

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The Vatican Secretary of State, His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, presided over a meeting on January 13 with the Apostolic Nuncios in the Middle Eastern region in Jordan's capital of Amman, where he traveled for the consecration of the Church of the Baptism of Jesus along the banks of the Jordan River on Friday.

According to a statement issued by the Holy See Press Office on Monday evening, the meeting was attended by the papal representatives accredited to the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Iraq, the State of Israel, the State of Kuwait, the Republic of Lebanon, the Sultanate of Oman, the State of Palestine, the State of Qatar, the Syrian Arab Republic, and the Republic of Yemen.

In an interview with Vatican News in Jordan following the Church's consecration, the Vatican Secretary of State expressed his hopes for positive developments in Syria and with the election of the new president of Lebanon.

Hope for the Middle East as a “land of peace”

During the meeting, the statement explained, “the ongoing crises in the region, the political and ecclesial situation in each country, signs of hope in some areas, and the severe humanitarian conditions affecting populations most impacted by conflicts were discussed.”…

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