Islamic and Jewish prayers were held for the first time ever at the seat of Catholicism on Sunday, as the Israeli and Palestinian presidents came to pray with at the Vatican.
Pope Francis hopes the event, attended by the presidents Shimon Peres and Mahmoud, will "re-create a desire, a possibility" to rekindle the Middle East peace process.
They were greeted warmly by the Pope, and held a short private meeting separately with the Pontiff, before the service began in the Vatican garden, in the shadow of St Peter's Basilica.
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