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Cooking Culinary Adventure: inspired by Halifax's Seaport Market | SaltWire #cooking #cookingshortsWASHINGTON/VATICAN CITY - U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Sunday and discussed the ongoing conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, the White House and the Vatican said in separate statements.
The Vatican earlier said the call, which lasted about 20 minutes,"focused on conflict situations in the world and the need to identify paths to peace."Israel has since retaliated with deadly air strikes on Gaza, a 45 km-long strip of land that is part of the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories and home to 2.3 million people.
In his call with Pope Francis, Biden, who is a Catholic, condemned the attack by Hamas and affirmed the need to protect civilians in Gaza, the White House said.
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