Pope Francis prays in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on Monday, May 26. The Pope has been on a three-day historic trip to the Middle East, his first as leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Pope Francis prays in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on Monday, May 26. The Pope has been on a three-day historic trip to the Middle East, his first as leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Pope Francis arrives to meet prelates, nuns and seminarists at the Church of Gethsemane in Jerusalem on May 26.
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Pope Francis arrives to meet prelates, nuns and seminarists at the Church of Gethsemane in Jerusalem on May 26.
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The Pope's reflection is seen May 26 on a marble plaque in Jerusalem that's engraved with names of Israeli civilians killed by terrorism.
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The Pope's reflection is seen May 26 on a marble plaque in Jerusalem that's engraved with names of Israeli civilians killed by terrorism.
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Francis meets Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, outside the Dome of the Rock on May 26.
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Francis meets Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, outside the Dome of the Rock on May 26.
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Surrounded by Israeli security guards, Francis leaves the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and Museum in Jerusalem on May 26.
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Surrounded by Israeli security guards, Francis leaves the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and Museum in Jerusalem on May 26.
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Francis visits the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem museum on May 26. Here the Pope stands with Israeli President Shimon Peres, second from right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, fourth from right.
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Francis visits the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem museum on May 26. Here the Pope stands with Israeli President Shimon Peres, second from right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, fourth from right.
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Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I pray over the Stone of Unction at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday, May 25. The Pope joined Bartholomew in a historic joint prayer for Christian unity at Christianity's holiest site in Jerusalem.
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Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I pray over the Stone of Unction at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday, May 25. The Pope joined Bartholomew in a historic joint prayer for Christian unity at Christianity's holiest site in Jerusalem.
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Francis blesses a child from his Popemobile as he leaves Manger Square after presiding over an open-air Mass in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on May 25. Francis extended an invitation Sunday to the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority to travel to the Vatican for a "peace initiative," as he called for a two-state solution to the intractable conflict.
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Francis blesses a child from his Popemobile as he leaves Manger Square after presiding over an open-air Mass in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on May 25. Francis extended an invitation Sunday to the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority to travel to the Vatican for a "peace initiative," as he called for a two-state solution to the intractable conflict.
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Francis, center, leads an open-air Mass in Bethlehem on May 25.
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Francis, center, leads an open-air Mass in Bethlehem on May 25.
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Francis touches the wall that divides Israel from the West Bank on his way to celebrate a Mass in Bethlehem on May 25.
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Francis touches the wall that divides Israel from the West Bank on his way to celebrate a Mass in Bethlehem on May 25.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas greets Pope Francis in Ramallah, West Bank, on May 25.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas greets Pope Francis in Ramallah, West Bank, on May 25.
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Francis prays Saturday, May 24, at Bethany Beyond the Jordan, on a tributary of the Jordan River that tradition holds is the site where Christ was baptized.
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Francis prays Saturday, May 24, at Bethany Beyond the Jordan, on a tributary of the Jordan River that tradition holds is the site where Christ was baptized.
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Pope Francis celebrates Mass in Amman's International Stadium on May 24.
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Pope Francis celebrates Mass in Amman's International Stadium on May 24.
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Pope Francis kisses a baby after giving a blessing upon his arrival to lead Mass at the Amman stadium.
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Pope Francis kisses a baby after giving a blessing upon his arrival to lead Mass at the Amman stadium.
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Pope Francis rides in a golf cart with King Abdullah II of Jordan on May 24 as they visit Bethany, on the eastern bank of the Jordan River.
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Pope Francis rides in a golf cart with King Abdullah II of Jordan on May 24 as they visit Bethany, on the eastern bank of the Jordan River.
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Jordanians and Christians of various nationalities and denominations congregate at Amman's International Stadium on May 24 awaiting the Pope's arrival.
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Jordanians and Christians of various nationalities and denominations congregate at Amman's International Stadium on May 24 awaiting the Pope's arrival.
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Pope Francis meets King Abdullah II in Amman's Al Husseini Royal Palace on May 24.
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Pope Francis meets King Abdullah II in Amman's Al Husseini Royal Palace on May 24.
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Pope Francis walks with Jordanian Prince Ghazi, chief adviser to the King of Jordan for Religious and Cultural Affairs, on May 24 as he arrives at the Amman airport.
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Pope Francis walks with Jordanian Prince Ghazi, chief adviser to the King of Jordan for Religious and Cultural Affairs, on May 24 as he arrives at the Amman airport.
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Pope Francis arrives at the airport in Amman on May 24.
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Pope Francis arrives at the airport in Amman on May 24.
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Pope Francis blesses a man as he greets journalists aboard the papal flight on his way to Jordan on May 24.
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Pope Francis blesses a man as he greets journalists aboard the papal flight on his way to Jordan on May 24.
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