Pope departs for Bethlehem’s Manger Square

Leaving the presidential palace in his open-topped popemobile, Francis and his official motorcade set out for Manger Square, where droves of people await his arrival for a Holy Mass outside the Church of the Nativity.

Pope Francis's official motorcade makes its way to Manger Square in Bethlehem (screen capture: Ynet)
Pope Francis’s official motorcade makes its way to Manger Square in Bethlehem (screen capture: Ynet)

En route to Manger Square, the pope stops next to a section of the security barrier, which in this section is a large concrete wall.

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