Photo gallery: Visit to Israel of Pope Benedict XVI

Photo gallery: Visit to Israel of Pope Benedict XVI

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Photo gallery: Visit to Israel of Pope Benedict XVI

5/11/2009
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11 May 2009

Arrival ceremony at Ben-Gurion International Airport

Pope Benedict XVI escorted from plane by President Shimon Peres (Photo: GPO)

Pope Benedict XVI with President Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo: GPO)

President Shimon Peres welcomes the Pope (Photo: GPO)

Arrival in Jerusalem

Pope Benedict XVI receives gift from Jerusaelm Mayor Nir Barkat (Photo: GPO)

Pope Benedict XVI welcomed to Jerusalem by Israeli children (Photo: GPO)

Celebratory reception ceremony at President's Residence

President Shimon Peres and Pope Benedict XVI in the garden of the Presidential Residence (Photo: GPO)

Pope Benedict XVI welcomed by Israeli children (Photo: GPO)

President Peres and Pope Benedict XVI embrace in front of children's choir (Photo: GPO)

Visit to Yad Vashem, Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Memorial

Ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance, Yad Vashem (Photo: GPO)

Pope Benedict XVI lays a wreath at the Hall of Remembrance (Photo: GPO)

Pope Benedict XVI addresses the ceremony participants (Photo: GPO)

Interfaith meeting at Notre Dame

Pope Benedict XVI with Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders (Photo: GPO)

Pope Benedict XVI with Rabbi Shaer Yashuv Cohen and Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone (Photo: GPO)

12 May 2009

Visit to Temple Mount, Jerusalem

Pope Benedict XVI with Muslim leaders on Temple Mount (Photo: GPO)
Pope Benedict XVI on Temple Mount (Photo: GPO)

Visit to Western Wall, Jerusalem

Pope Benedict XVI places written prayer in Western Wall (Photo: GPO)
Pope Benedict XVI's written prayer (Photo: GPO)

Meeting with Chief Rabbis

Pope Benedict XVI meets Chief Sephardic Rabbi Amar and Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Metzger (Photo: Reuters)

Visit to the Church of Dormition; prayer at the Cenacle, site of the Last Supper

Pope Benedict XVI welcomed at the Church of Dormition (Photo: GPO)
Pope Benedict XVI addresses the Ordinaries of the Holy Land (Photo: GPO)

Visit to the Latin Patriarchate - Co-Cathedral of the Latins

Pope Benedict XVI blesses Christians at Latin Patriarch Church in Jerusalem (Photo: GPO)
Pope Benedict XVI with nuns at the Latin Patriarch Church (Photo: GPO)

Holy Mass at the Garden of Gethsemane

Pope Benedict XVI waves to crowd from Popemobile on way to mass at the Garden of Gethsemane (Photo: Reuters)
Holy Mass at the Garden of Gethsemane under the Jerusalem Old City walls (Photo: GPO)

Pope Benedict XVI leads mass at the Garden of Gethsemane (Photo: GPO)

14 May 2009

Visit to Nazareth

Pope Benedict XVI at mass at the Mount of the Precipice (Photo: GPO)
Tens of thousands attend open-air mass (Photo: Reuters)
Pope Benedict XVI meets with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo: GPO)
Pope Benedict XVI prays in the Grotto of the Church of the Annunciation (Photo: Reuters)
Pope Benedict XVI meets with religious leaders in the Church of the Annunciation (Photo: Reuters)
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Vespers in the Basilica of the Annunciation (Photo: Reuters)

15 May 2009

Pope Benedict XVI with the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem

Pope Benedict XVI presents the Greek Orthodox Patriarch with a gift (Photo: Reuters)

Pope Benedict XVI visits the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Pope Benedict XVI escorted through the Old City of Jerusalem (Photo: GPO)
Pope Benedict XVI prays at the Golgotha (Calvary) the traditional site where Jesus was crucified (Photo: GPO)

Pope Benedict XVI with the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem
Pope Benedict XVI greets the Armenian Patriarch (Photo: GPO)

Official farewell ceremony, Ben Gurion Airport
President Peres and PM Netanyahu escort Pope Benedict XVI (Photo: GPO)
Salute at official departure ceremony (Photo: GPO)
Pope Benedict XVI takes leave of Muslim and Christian dignitaries (Photo: GPO)
Pope Benedict XVI and President Peres embrace (Photo: GPO)
Pope Benedict XVI leaves Israel abroad an El Al plane (Photo: GPO)

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