Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, May 25, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Throngs mass in Bethlehem to greet Pope
Masses gather in Bethlehem’s Manger Square to greet Pope Francis, after His Holiness arrived by helicopter from Amman.
https://twitter.com/laucater/status/470452317012385792
According to the Ynet news site, the Coordinator of Government Activity in the Territories approved entry to Israel for 23,000 West Bank Palestinians, as well as 600 Gazan Christians.
Meanwhile, outside the presidential palace in Bethlehem, the pope’s official open-topped vehicle awaits its occupant.
Popemobile waiting for its rider at presidential palace in Bethlehem pic.twitter.com/UVFid2jTow
— Francis X. Rocca (@FrancisXRocca) May 25, 2014
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