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Pope urges peace, warns about wider Middle East conflict

Sunday, March 8, 2026

"There is also the concern that the conflict may widen and that other countries in the region, including Lebanon, may once again sink into instability." The post Pope urges peace, warns about wider Middle East conflict first appeared on OSV News.

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