Benedict XVI said that peace is both urgent and possible at a Mass ending the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East yesterday (full text, video)
During the Angelus address, the Pope said that missionaries are called "not to revolutionise the world but transfigure it" (full text, video)
In their final message Synod participants condemned both terrorism and anti-Semitism (full text of message, full text of Synod propositions).
Israel's deputy foreign minister has claimed that the Synod was "hijacked by an anti-Israel majority".
