La Messe Place de la Mangeoire à Bethléem

Palestinan President Mahmoud Abbas, right, walks with Pope Benedict XVI, center, during a welcoming ceremony at the Palestinian headquarters in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, May 13, 2009




Palestinan President Mahmoud Abbas, right, greets Pope Benedict XVI, during a welcoming ceremony at the Palestinian headquarters in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, May 13, 2009



Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd as he walks to the Church of the Nativity at the West bank town of Bethlehem Wednesday, May 13, 2009












Christian worshippers wait for the Pope Benedict XVI just before the Papal mass next outside the Church of the Nativity at the West bank town of Bethlehem Wednesday, May 13, 2009


A nun holds a Vatican flag as she waits for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI for a mass at Manger Square in the West Bank town of Bethlehem May 13, 2009


Priests attend a mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI outside the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, in Manger Square in the West Bank town of Bethlehem May 13, 2009



A Franciscan friar attends a Holy Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in Manger Square at the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, May 13, 2009


A Palestinian security force officer stands guard as Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass in Manger Square next to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, May 13, 2009




Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd as he arrives for a mass outside the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, in Manger Square in the West Bank town of Bethlehem May 13, 2009.


Pope Benedict XVI, center, during the Papal mass at the Manger square, next the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Wednesday, May 13, 2009



Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass outside the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, in Manger Square in the West Bank town of Bethlehem May 13, 2009




Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass at Manger Square in the West Bank town of Bethlehem May 13, 2009


Pope Benedict XVI gives Palestinian Christians communion at a mass in Manger Square next to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, May 13, 2009




Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass outside the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, in Manger Square in the West Bank town of Bethlehem May 13, 2009


Pope Benedict XVI waves to worshippers at the end of a mass in Manger Square next to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, May 13, 2009.



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