TEMPO.CO, Vatican - A historical moment takes place on Sunday June 8, 2014, when Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas initiated an unscheduled meeting with Pope Francis to pray together.
The prayer, uniting three religions, was initiated in an effort to promote peace for the Middle East. During the prayer, Pope Francis called for both presidents to respond to the demand for peace in the Middle East by their people.
The prayers from the world's three main monotheistic religions-Judaism, Christianity and Islam- was focused on three themes: "creation", "invocation for forgiveness" and "invocation for peace". Pope Francis, insisting that he had no wish to meddle in politics, had called for Palestinians and Israelis to work together.
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