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VATICAN CITY, July 21 (Reuters) – Pope Leo warned against the “indiscriminate use of force” and the “forced mass displacement” of people in the Gaza strip in a phone conversation with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, the Vatican said in a statement.

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