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Presentation of “Invocation for Peace”
Vatican City, 6 June 2014 (VIS) –
During a briefing held this morning, Fr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa O.F.M.,
custodian of the Holy Land, and Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., director
of the Holy See Press Office, presented the details of the “Invocation
for Peace” initiative scheduled to take place in the Vatican on Sunday.
Pope Francis has invited the presidents of Israel and Palestine, Shimon
Peres and Mahmoud Abbas, to join him in a prayer encounter.
Peres
and Abbas will arrive at the Vatican within a few minutes of each other
(the former at 6.15 p.m. and the latter at 6.30). The Holy Father will
receive them at the entrance of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, and will then
speak briefly with each. All three will then join together, along with
the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, and will then proceed by car to
the Vatican Gardens where the event will take place, beginning with a
musical introduction and an explanation in English of the structure and
form of the celebration, which will follow the chronological order of
the three religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
At
around 7 p.m. there will be a prayer (creation) in Hebrew, a brief
musical interlude, a prayer invoking forgiveness, another musical
interlude, a prayer invoking peace, and finally, a Jewish musical
meditation. The Christian part will follow the same structure, but the
first prayer will be in English, the second in Italian, and the third in
Arabic. Finally the Muslim part of the celebration will proceed as
above, in Arabic.
The
reader will then introduce in English the final part of the
celebration, beginning with Pope Francis' discourse invoking peace. The
Holy Father will then invite each of the two presidents to formulate his
own invocation. Shimon Peres will begin, followed by Mahmoud Abbas. As a
gesture of peace, in which the Patriarch Bartholomew will also
participate, they will all shake hands and the Pope will then accompany
them in planting an olive tree, symbol of peace.
At
the end of the celebration the four will remain side by side while the
delegations pass by to greet them. The Holy Father, the two presidents
and the Patriarch will then proceed to the Casina Pio IV to speak in
private.
Finally,
Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas will leave the Vatican, while Pope
Francis and the Patriarch Bartholomew will return to the Domus Sanctae
Marthae.
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