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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday the Vatican hoped the recent de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations would spur the international community to find a solution to ...
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That update will take Palestine
out of section III—"Entities having received a standing invitation to
participate as observers in the sessions"—and place it in section II
along with the Vatican (Holy See) as a "non-member State having received a ...
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(Reuters) - The Vatican hailed the United Nations' implicit recognition of a Palestinian
state on Thursday and called for an internationally guaranteed special
status for Jerusalem, something bound to irritate Israel.
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The resolution does serve to elevate Palestinian status from "non-member observer entity" to "non-member observer state," which is the same category as the Vatican. As soon as the news of the UN vote reached the Arab city of Ramallah in Israel, the ...
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Benedict has been a prolific writer throughout his career as a bishop, senior Vatican official and pope. The Vatican
says he has previously written for an Italian religious affairs
magazine and the weekly newspaper of his former diocese in Munich. It ...
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