Francis in Israel/Palestine

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Pope Francis greets journalists aboard the papal flight on his way to Amman, Jordan, Saturday, May 24, 2014.

Pope Francis speaks to reporters aboard the papal flight to Amman, Jordan, Saturday, May 24, 2014.

Pope Francis prays at the holy water as he visits the Bethany beyond the Jordan, which many believe is the traditional site of Jesus’ baptism, in South Shuna, west of Amman, Jordan, Saturday, May 24, 2014.

Pope Francis arrives at the heliport of Hadassah hospital in mount Scopus Jerusalem, Sunday, May 25, 2014.

Pope Francis, left, extends his hand to shake hands with one of the children from nearby Palestinian refugee camps who came to welcome him at the Dheisheh camp on the outskirts of the biblical town of Bethlehem, West Bank, Sunday, May 25, 2014.

Pope Francis greets Israeli children at the heliport of Hadassah hospital in mount Scopus Jerusalem, Sunday, May 25, 2014.

Pope Francis touches the wall that divides Israel and large Israeli settlements from most of the West Bank, on his way to celebrate a mass in Manger Square next to the Church of the Nativity, believed by many to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Sunday, May 25, 2014.

Pope Francis, right, and Israeli President Shimon Peres, left, listen to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech, during an official arrival ceremony at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, May 25, 2014.

In this photo provided by the Palestinian Bannoura family, Juliette Bannoura, second right, meets Pope Francis in Bethlehem, West Bank, Sunday, May 25, 2014. Juliette Bannoura counts on Pope Francis to save her family’s four acres of olive groves and the lands of other Palestinians in the scenic Cremisan Valley, near Jerusalem, from the destructive path of Israel’s separation barrier.

Pope Francis visits the Nativity curch and site in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Sunday, May 25, 2014.

Pope Francis and Constantinople Patriarch Bartholomew kneel to kiss the Stone of Unction, traditionally claimed as the stone where Jesus’ body was prepared for burial, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, May 25, 2014.

Pope Francis is welcomed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas upon his arrival to the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Sunday, May 25, 2014.

Pope Francis waves upon his arrival at the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Sunday, May 25, 2014.

All Photos: Associated Press

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