[d]Jordan, Palestinian territories, IsraelIn May 2014 Pope Francis receives a warm welcome in Jordan’s capital Amman from King Abdullah II and meets with Syrian refugees. Francis also visits some of the most sacred sites in Islam and Judaism, including the Al-Aqsa mosque compound and the Western Wall. Central AfricaIn November 2015 Pope Francis is given a rapturous welcome in the Central African Republic, a country plagued by sectarian violence. During his 26 hours there, he visits a mosque in Bangui’s flashpoint PK5 Muslim neighbourhood where he says Christians and Muslims are “brothers”. EgyptIn April 2017 Francis pays the second papal visit to Egypt of modern times, 17 years after that of pope John Paul II.

Source: The Guardian January 31, 2019 09:11 UTC