| Vatican: 100,000 attend Syria peace vigil Posted: 07 Sep 2013 04:37 PM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Tens of thousands of people filled St. Peter's Square for a four-hour Syria peace vigil late Saturday, answering Pope Francis' call for a grassroots cry for peace that was echoed by Christians and non-Christians alike in Syria and in vigils around the world.
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| Pope, in Syria peace appeal, calls for end to spiral of death Posted: 07 Sep 2013 04:28 PM PDT  By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A sombre-looking Pope Francis made an impassioned appeal before 100,000 people on Saturday to avert a widening of Syria's conflict, urging world leaders to pull humanity out of a "spiral of sorrow and death". Francis, who two days ago branded a military solution in Syria "a futile pursuit", led the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in a global day of prayer and fasting for peace in Syria, the Middle East and the world. ...
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| Syrian Christians heed Pope's call to pray for peace Posted: 07 Sep 2013 01:52 PM PDT  DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Hundreds of Syrian Christians gathered in Damascus on Saturday to pray for peace and protest against possible U.S. military intervention, responding to a call by Pope Francis for a day of prayer and fasting. During a six-hour service at the al-Zeitouna Church, an ornate Roman Catholic cathedral in the capital's ancient quarter, Syrian-born Melkite Catholic Patriarch Gregoire III Laham appealed to Christians to stay in Syria despite the war. ...
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| Pope leads world prayers for peace in Syria Posted: 07 Sep 2013 12:38 PM PDT  Pope Francis called for reconciliation in Syria on Saturday as he led a mass peace vigil on St Peter's square and millions of Catholics worldwide were joined by other faiths in a day of fasting and prayer.
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| Tens of thousands in Syria peace vigil at Vatican Posted: 07 Sep 2013 11:35 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Tens of thousands of people answered Pope Francis' call for a four-hour Syria peace vigil in St. Peter's Square late Saturday, joining Christians and non-Christians alike in similar vigils around the world. |
| Lebanon churches join Vatican Syria prayer vigil Posted: 07 Sep 2013 06:53 AM PDT  Churches across Lebanon are to heed a Vatican call on Saturday night for a prayer vigil for peace in Syria and against armed intervention in the country's conflict.
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