Pope Francis Visits the Middle East
![Pope Francis prays in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, May 26, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0b916f10-7f3a-458e-a336-2e4b16672686_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis prays in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, May 26, 2014.
![Pope Francis is surrounded by journalists near the Dome of the Rock Mosque, May 26, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6841b5f0-a9de-4bdf-bd12-7507da3fee1a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis is surrounded by journalists near the Dome of the Rock Mosque, May 26, 2014.
![Pope Francis kisses the hand of Holocaust survivor Sonia Tunik-Geron during a ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, May 26, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f6bb1951-a5e0-427a-bc5d-ae7abe767e77_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis kisses the hand of Holocaust survivor Sonia Tunik-Geron during a ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, May 26, 2014.
![Pope Francis walks upon his arrival to a ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, May 26, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b3b17c58-7b06-44eb-b795-690f4cdc0c6d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis walks upon his arrival to a ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, May 26, 2014.
![Pope Francis meets Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, right, and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau, at the Heichal Shlomo center in Jerusalem, May 26, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ff8ff018-6446-4f74-b1a6-6be236bc4fc2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis meets Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, right, and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau, at the Heichal Shlomo center in Jerusalem, May 26, 2014.
![Pope Francis waves to the crowd at Manger Square in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, May 25, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f813d84c-2da5-47fe-ba62-38888264050a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis waves to the crowd at Manger Square in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, May 25, 2014.
![Pope Francis greets people as he arrives in Bethlehem, West Bank, May 25, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/181d5bd8-4242-4aea-a4b1-d2db76dec888_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis greets people as he arrives in Bethlehem, West Bank, May 25, 2014.
![Pope Francis leads an open-air mass at the Manger Square, next the Nativity Church in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, May 25, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/613e8bd2-e446-46fa-83bc-e725c22a065a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis leads an open-air mass at the Manger Square, next the Nativity Church in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, May 25, 2014.
![Pope Francis touches the wall that divides Israel from the West Bank, May 25, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/11c86a49-4642-4b84-9851-4cd6d703b32d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis touches the wall that divides Israel from the West Bank, May 25, 2014.
![Pope Francis shakes hands with children from nearby Palestinian refugee camps who came to welcome him at the Dheisheh camp near Bethlehem, West Bank, May 25, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4ab5540a-3a1b-4165-b012-1e0c7ffcb917_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis shakes hands with children from nearby Palestinian refugee camps who came to welcome him at the Dheisheh camp near Bethlehem, West Bank, May 25, 2014.
![Pope Francis waves to the faithful as he leaves after a mass at Amman International Stadium, May 24, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ed133fa3-140b-4396-a0ce-f6c4d74010cb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis waves to the faithful as he leaves after a mass at Amman International Stadium, May 24, 2014.
![Pope Francis, accompanied by King Abdullah of Jordan, Queen Rania, Crown Prince Hussein and Prince Ghazi bin Mohammed, visits the Bethany beyond the Jordan, South Shuna, Jordan, May 24, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c2fea667-ac17-4e2b-a4f9-8a0465306f1c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Pope Francis, accompanied by King Abdullah of Jordan, Queen Rania, Crown Prince Hussein and Prince Ghazi bin Mohammed, visits the Bethany beyond the Jordan, South Shuna, Jordan, May 24, 2014.
![A young girl holds a photo of Pope Francis and Jordan's King Abdullah II as people congregate at Amman's International Stadium to wait for the arrival of Pope Francis Amman, May 24, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b1e9229b-3526-4b7c-b2c4-7b2258123d01_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A young girl holds a photo of Pope Francis and Jordan's King Abdullah II as people congregate at Amman's International Stadium to wait for the arrival of Pope Francis Amman, May 24, 2014.