Wednesday 18 June 2014

POPE FRANCIS VISITS THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACE- JERUSALEM

POPE FRANCIS VISITS THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACE- JERUSALEM

In the Middle East, the Old- Jerusalem Pope Francis visits the most vital sites for Muslims and Jews in Jerusalem, in his final day tour.
Pope Francis Urged all religions of different types to work together for justice and peace. At the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. He then bow his head and pray at the Western wall.
Pope invited Israelis and the Palestinians, Presidents to the Vatican. Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas. Both gives a positive response. Pope visited the compound, considered the third holiest site in Islam on he third day trip. According to BBC news Pope met with the Muslim leaders outside the Dome of the Rock, including Jerusalem's grand Mufit. Pope enter the Dome of the Rock with his bare foot, the palace where Islamic tradition says Prophet Muhammad ascended to Heaven. Pope walked to the nearby al-Aqsa mosque, speaking to the Grand Mufit of Jerusalem. He call on Christians, Jews and Muslims to "love one another as brothers and sisters". "May we learn to understand the suffering of others". "May no one abuse the name of God through violence", he said.
Pope move ahead to the Western wall, the Holiest sites in Judaism and pray at the Western wall. Pope embraced an Imam and a rabbi. Pope stop at a memorial for Israeli civilians killed in attacks by Palestinians. Laid a wreath at Yad Vashem's hall of Remembrance.

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