Amman (Jordan), May 27 – A handout picture released by the Osservatore Romano shows Pope Francis (C) speaking as Ghazi bin Mohamad (3L), representative of king Abdallah of Jordan and his advisor for religious affairs, Jerusalem’s Mufti Muhammad Hussein (4R), and other unidentified religious officials look on in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound at the Mufti’s residence during a visit to Islam’s third holiest shrine in Jerusalem’s Old City on 26 May 2014.
Pope Francis (L) waves next to Jordan King Abdullah II shortly before leaving with a Jordanian Military helicopter to Bethlehem, the West Bank, at Queen Alia International airport in Amman, Jordan, 25 May 2014.
The pontiff was in Jordan on the first of a three-day trip to the Middle East which will also take him to the West Bank and Israel.
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