Pope Francis praised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as an "angel of peace" during the meeting at the Vatican.
Francis made the compliment during the traditional exchange of gifts at the end of an official audience in the Apostolic Palace. He presented Abbas with a medallion and explained that it represented the angel of peace "destroying the bad spirit of war."
Francis said he thought the gift was appropriate since "you are an angel of peace." During his 2014 visit to Israel and the West Bank, Francis called both Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres men of peace.
The meeting at the Vatican also comes a day before the pontiff is due to canonize two Palestinian nuns, who will become the first Palestinian Arabs to gain sainthood. Hmmm....One 'Palestinian nun only lived three years in 'Palestine'.
Related: Mariam Baouardy 'Palestinian' Saint to be, was nearly murdered by Muslim, only lived three years in Palestine.
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