BETHLEHEM, West Bank, May 25 (UPI) -- On a three-day visit to the Holy Land, Pope Francis prayed for an end to the "increasingly unacceptable" Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and extended an invitation to the presidents of Israel and Palestine to come to the Vatican for continued talks.
"I offer my home in the Vatican as a place for this encounter of prayer," the pope told Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.