In the media — March 27, 2024

Pope embraces bereaved Palestinian and Israeli fathers who found friendship amid war

Originally published in Vatican News

Pope Francis shares an embrace with an Israeli and a Palestinian, each of whom lost a daughter, saying the two men “look beyond the enmity of war” and are now friends.

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