Pope Agrees with G8 Statement
Charles Johnson
Fri Jul 21, 2006 at 6:57 pm PDT • Views: 306
Pope Benedict says he backs the G8 resolution—which lays blame for the current Middle East crisis squarely on Hamas and Hizballah: Pope backs G8 Middle East declaration.
Pope Benedict XVI tonight lent his support to the G8 summit declaration on the Middle East, which blamed the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah for the escalation in fighting and which urged Israel to exercise restraint.
“I fully agree with the G8 communique,” the Pope said when he returned to his Alpine holiday retreat after an excursion in the mountains.
“It seems to me that this indicates the road” to take, the pontiff said of the declaration issued by the Group of Eight leaders at their summit, which ended on Monday in St Petersburg, Russia.
“I have nothing else to add except to add the importance of prayer so that God may help us,” the Pope said.
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