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   PRAYER IN SITUATIONS OF VIOLENCE, INTOLERANCE, SUFFERING   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 5 DEC 2010 (VIS) - After praying the Angelus, Benedict XVI asked   
   for prayer during this Advent season "for all the situations of violence,   
   intolerance, and suffering in the world, so that the Coming of Jesus might   
   bring consolation, reconciliation, and peace".   
      
   "I am thinking," the Pope said, "of the many difficult situations such as the   
   continued attacks taking place in Iraq against Christians and Muslims, the   
   confrontations in Egypt that have left dead and wounded, the victims of drug   
   traffickers and criminals, as well as the hostages from Eritrea and other   
   nationalities who have been taken in the Sinai desert. Respect for the rights   
   of all is a requisite for civil coexistence. May this, our prayer to the Lord   
   and our solidarity," he concluded, "bring hope to those who are suffering".   
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