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Announcer major funding for religion and ethics newsweekly is provided by the lillian endoumt, a private Family Foundation dedicated to its founders interest in religion, Community Development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. This weekend, pope francis is continuing the push for peace he began during his recent visit to the middle east, as he hosts Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas and israeli president shimon peres for a special vatican prayer meeting. Francis says he believes prayer is a key element in the peace process. Earlier in the week, he renewed calls for peace in syria and criticized what he called a globalization of indifference which has numbed people to the ongoing violence and humanitarian devastation caused by that conflict. Meanwhile, francis raised eyebrows with