The Pope brought the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and the presidents of Israel and Palestine together on Pentecost Sunday for an unprecedented prayer service in the Vatican Gardens.

During a trip to Israel and the region last month Pope Francis invited President Shimon Peres and President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas to join him at the Vatican to pray for peace.

VATICAN CITY — An evening of prayer and music in the Vatican Gardens will be the format of the much-anticipated prayer for peace with Israeli and Palestinian presidents and Pope Francis on Pentecost ...

Peres mentioned the peace invocation ceremony at the Vatican Sunday, saying that both sides deserved peace and neither could afford to give up on the chances of attaining it.

ROME — During an unprecedented Vatican summit on Sunday, Pope Francis led the presidents of Israel and the Palestinian territories not only in shaking hands but also in a prayer for peace and in ...