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Monday, July 25, 2005

Israel angered at Pope's anti-terror sermon

Dan Williams, Reuters, Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:28 PM ET

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel demanded the Vatican explain on Monday why Pope Benedict failed to mention a deadly Palestinian attack in a sermon voicing sympathy for other nations struck by Islamist suicide bombers.
Addressing Italian faithful on Sunday, Benedict deplored the "death, destruction and suffering in countries including Egypt, Turkey, Iraq and Britain," and asked God to "stay the hands of assassins ... driven on by fanaticism and hate." Israel's Foreign Ministry said it summoned the Vatican ambassador to ask why the sermon had not mentioned a July 12 suicide bombing by the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad that killed five Israelis.
"The Pope's omission of this incident cries out to the heavens," the ministry said in a statement.

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