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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

PROMOTING RECONCILIATION AMONG PEOPLES

VATICAN CITY, 24 SEP 2008 (VIS) - At the end of today's general audience, the Pope greeted a group of young people, most of the from the Caucasus region, members of the "Rondine-Citadella della Pace" Association.

  "It is my hope that your meeting may contribute to affirming a culture of peaceful coexistence among peoples and to promoting understanding and reconciliation", the Pope told them.

  The Citadella della Pace international student residence of Rondine, a village near the Italian city of Arezzo, is a place that seeks to promote dialogue and reconciliation among peoples. Since 1997, it has welcomed young people from different countries and religions who have experienced or are experiencing war: the Caucasus region, Russia, Serbia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Sierra Leone.
AG/PEACE/CITADELLA ASSOCIATION                VIS 20080924 (130)


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