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By CINDY WOODEN News Service FoVATICAN CITY (CNS) cusing his gaze on situations of conflict and on places where human rights are abused, Pope John Paul II Catholic
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"The recent conflict in Iraq has shown once more that war does not solve problems," the pope said Jan.
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complicates problems, he "and leaves the civilian population to bear the tragic consequences." In addition to Iraq, site of a U.S.said,
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British military bombardment in December and the object of an international embargo, the pope expressed concern about conflicts in the Balkans, in Africa and in Asia. Pope John Paul said the Middle East peace process and relations between Israelis and Palestinians need a new push forward.
not possible to keep people between war and peace without the risk of dangerously increasing tensions and violence," he "It is
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of the holy city of Jerusalem, to which the followers of the three great religions turn their gaze," the pope said. The Vatican has called repeatedly for an internationally guaranteed statute concerning Jerusalem to en-
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sure Jews, Christians and Muslims would have free access to the holy sites of their faiths. Honest dialogue, concern for people and respect for international laws and treaties are the only way to bring peace to the region, the pope said.
"If violence
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and I am sure that a stable Middle East would contribute effectively to restoring hope to many people," he said. Pope John Paul underlined several situations in the world that he said should give people hope for the successful outcome of dialogues: the Good Friday agreement regarding Northern Ireland; the European can be
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me from these tormented regions confirm my conviction that war is al-
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rency; and the settlement of the bor-
But, he told the diplomats, "Africa
that peace is undoubtedly the precondition for human rights," Pope John Paul said. riencing military conflicts, eiThe pope told the diplother internally or with other mats that 1999 should be a "J\]q reOOrtS st3.tcs " he ssid year for awakening conregularly coming The pope called atsciences about the need to tention to the civil war respect human rights to me from these and the threat of wideand to follow the dictormented regions spread famine in Sudan, tates of natural and new tensions between confirm my conviction moral laws. Ethiopia and Eritrea Respect for the that war is always and the fighting in Siright of religious freedestructive of our erra Leone, "where the dom, he said, not only is people are still the vica binding obligation for humanity and that merciless tims of nations, but would be peace is undoubtedly struggles." beneficial to them in dethe pre-condition Pope John Paul also veloping strong, stable pointed to the renewed and peaceful societies. for human fighting in Angola and the In Asia and in several „ ngniS. struggles of Burundi and African countries, he said, inRwanda to rebuild their countolerance recently has led to attries and reconcile their peoples aftacks on Christian churches and beter an ethnic war. lievers. "The Democratic Republic of "In other regions, where Islam is (the) Congo still has far to go in the majority religion, one still has to working out its transition and experideplore the grave forms of discrimiencing the stability to which its nation of which the followers of other people legitimately aspire," he said. religions are victims," he said, t "The reports regularly coming to
remains a continent at risk. "Of its 53 states, 17 are expe-
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