Pope Leo XIV met with Muslim figure -- Abbas / Abu Mazen of Palestinian territory in VATICAN CITY

Thursday

November 6, 2025

NCR online dot-org

National Catholic Reporter

coverage:

ncronline.org/Vatican/pope-leo-

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two-state-solution

Besides visiting the Roman Catholic

pontiff, the Palestinian president

Mahmoud Abbas

visited St. Mary Major - site of

the burial of Pope Francis and other

popes to pay respect to the deceased

former Bishop of Rome who died

Easter Sunday 2025.