Pope Francis traveled to the Holy Land on May 24-26, 2014. He visited sites of Jewish, Christian and Muslim significance, and met both Palestinian and Israeli leaders. The Pope prayed for peace and vowed to make an effort to help end the conflict between Israeli and Palestinians. He invited Israeli president Peres and Palestinian president Abbas to join him in a prayer for peace at the Vatican, which they did on June 9th, 2014. Given the collapse of Israeli-Palestinian talks organized by US Secretary of State, John Kerry; does the Pope stand a chance of restarting the peace process? Read the rest of this entry »