Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Pope Francis lays a wreath as Israel's President Shimon Peres and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stand at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on Monday, May 26, 2014. Francis honored Jews killed in the Holocaust and in terrorist attacks, and kissed the hands of Holocaust survivors as he capped his three-day Mideast trip with poignant stops Monday at some of the holiest and most haunting sites for Jews.

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Pope Francis lays a wreath as Israel's President Shimon Peres and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stand at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on Monday, May 26, 2014. Francis honored Jews killed in the Holocaust and in terrorist attacks, and kissed the hands of Holocaust survivors as he capped his three-day Mideast trip with poignant stops Monday at some of the holiest and most haunting sites for Jews.