Joint statement on latest talks between Holy See and Palestine

Vatican Radio ^ | 2013-09-26 17:05:24 | Vatican Radio

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(Vatican Radio) The following is a joint statement of the Bilateral Commission of the Holy See and the State of Palestine at the conclusion of their plenary meeting on 26th September 2013.

"On 26 September 2013, the Bilateral Commission of the Holy See and the State of Palestine, which is working on a Global Agreement following on the Basic Agreement, which was signed on 15 February 2000, held a Plenary Session in the Vatican to acknowledge the work done at an informal level by the joint technical group following the last official meeting held in Ramallah at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine on 30 January 2013, and to plan future progress, with the aim of accelerating the concluding of the Agreement.

The talks were chaired by Mgr Antoine Camilleri, Under-Secretary for the Holy See’s Relations with States, and by Ambassador Rawan Sulaiman, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Multilateral Affairs of the State of Palestine.

The discussions took place in a cordial and constructive atmosphere. Taking up the issues already examined at an informal level, the Commission noted with great satisfaction the progress achieved in formulating the text of the Agreement, which deals with essential aspects of the life and activity of the Catholic Church in Palestine, and encouraged the efforts of the joint technical group, urging it to complete the discussions on the remaining parts of the text, the formulation of which is already at an advanced stage.

Both Parties agree that the joint technical group will continue its work in preparation for the next plenary meeting of the Bilateral Commission, planned for early 2014."

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The above transparent statements were not made by Pope Francis. Any similarity in clarity with statements made by him are completely coincidental.

Pope praises UN upgrade for Palestinians
- December 17, 2012

"The bid was met with widespread enthusiasm in the West Bank and Gaza, but dismay from Israeli and US leaders. The November 29 date of the motion came 65 years after the UN’s decision to divide British Mandate Palestine into two states, an Arab one and a Jewish one."

"The Holy See is the only other entity to hold the status of nonmember observer state at the UN."

http://www.timesofisrael.com/pope-praises-un-upgrade-for-palestinians/

Vatican hails U.N. Palestine vote, wants guarantees for Jerusalem
- 11/30/2012

"The Vatican hailed the United Nations' implicit recognition of a Palestinian state on Thursday and called for an internationally guaranteed special status for Jerusalem, something bound to irritate Israel."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/30/us-palestinians-statehood-vatican-idUSBRE8AT01T20121130

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Since there exists NO state of Palestine but only a governmental entity I can only conclude that the operating premise is wrong on its face AND devastatingly pro Muslim which by it’s very nature is anti-Christian. How far Rome has fallen