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Pope leads fasting and prayer day for Syria Sep 7th 2013, 03:00 VATICAN CITY -- The Catholic Church has called for a global day of fasting and prayer on Saturday for peace in Syria and against any armed intervention, with Pope Francis scheduled to host a mass vigil on St Peter's Square.   The Argentine pope has called for a "cry for peace" from the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, Christians as a whole, believers from other faiths and atheists.   Syria's Sunni Muslim leader, Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, has called for Syrians to join in the prayers and the patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox, has said he is also backing the initiative.   A giant peace flag will... Keep on reading: Pope leads fasting and prayer day for Syria Media files: Pope-Francis1-600x300.jpg (image/jpeg)

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