Pope Francis Middle East Trip

Name: Pope Francis Middle East Trip
Uploaded: 2014-05-22T21:01:14Z
Duration: P529S
Description: The pope's pilgrimage is intended on one level to commemorate the 1964 meeting between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras that ended a thousand years of estrangement between Eastern and Western Christianity. But there are other agendas as well: interfaith dialogue, the Middle East peace process, and the diminishing Christian presence in the Holy Land.

Clip: 05/22/2014 | 8m 49s

The pope's pilgrimage is intended on one level to commemorate the 1964 meeting between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras that ended a thousand years of estrangement between Eastern and Western Christianity. But there are other agendas as well: interfaith dialogue, the Middle East peace process, and the diminishing Christian presence in the Holy Land.

Aired: 05/22/14

Rating: NR

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Pope Francis Middle East Trip

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