Pope Francis flanked by Israel's then President Shimon Peres, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during an evening of peace prayers in the Vatican, Sunday, June 8, 2014. (AP Photo ...

Later, he would invite Abbas and then-President Shimon Peres to the Vatican for a prayer summit. Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience, in Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican ...

A generation of well-meaning naive Israeli leaders, such as Shimon Peres, once thought that Arab Gaza would lead the way to a new Middle East if they forced Jews to leave their thriving communities.

After his visit to Israel and Palestine in 2014, Pope Francis invited Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to the Vatican, where the pope facilitated a ...

It comes from the way children are raised and the heroes they are taught to honor. As Shimon Peres said nearly 25 years ago, “The war is not only over land, but over education.” Had that ...

Pope Francis brought the Israeli President, Shimon Peres (left), and his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas, together to pray for peace in 2014 Francis worked with Anglicans, Lutherans and ...

Vanderbilt baseball's game against Georgia on April 18 entered a delay because a light pole went out above Georgia's dugout at Hawkins Field. The light pole was restored at 7:48 p.m. Both teams ...

In 2014, he helped Pope Francis organise a prayer for peace between Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas and then-Israeli president Shimon Peres. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa.

In May 1996, I was working for The Associated Press, and Netanyahu had ascended to lead Likud; he was campaigning against incumbent Prime Minister Shimon Peres. I was dispatched to speak to him ...

24, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file) FILE - Pope Francis lays a wreath as Israel's President Shimon Peres and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stand at the Hall of Remembrance at the ...

In 2014, on Pentecost Sunday, Pope Francis hosted prayers for peace in the Vatican with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres. He was also the first Pope to set ...

In 2014, he helped Pope Francis organise a prayer for peace between Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas and then-Israeli president Shimon Peres. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa.