'We ask Your Holiness to use your power, to use your strength, to get these hostages released...,You may be the only person who has the moral authority to do this,' says the head of the World Jewish Congress
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VATICAN CITY – The head of the World Jewish Congress met Pope Francis on Thursday, October 19, and asked him to help secure the release of the hostages taken by the Hamas militant group following its October 7 rampage on Israel. “We ask Your Holiness to use your power, to use your strength, to get these hostages released,” Ronald Lauder told the Pope, according to a WJC statement. “You may be the only person who has the moral authority to do this.”
Francis pleaded for the hostages to be freed on Sunday and called for humanitarian corridors to help those under siege in Gaza. His deputy said last week the Vatican was ready to act as a mediator.
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