Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by an Israeli Bedouin sheik and a Greek Orthodox clergyman during an official departure ceremony at Ben Gurion airport Friday, May 15, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI stands in front of the Stone of Anointing, where Christians believe the body of Jesus was prepared for burial, in the Church of Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, May 15, 2009. The pope is on the last day of a Holy Land pilgrimage meant to promote peace and unity in the Middle East.
Pope Benedict XVI prays at the sepulchre, the traditional site where Jesus is believed to be buried, inside the the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, May 15, 2009. The pope is on the last day of a Holy Land pilgrimage meant to promote peace and unity in the Middle East.
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates a mass in the Church of the Annunciation, believed to stand at the site of Mary's house where the angel Gabriel appeared and announced that she would give birth to Jesus Christ, in Nazareth, northern Israel, Thursday, May 14, 2009. The Pope is on the fourth day of a Holy Land pilgrimage meant to promote peace and unity in the Middle East.
Pope Benedict XVI holds a private prayer at the Grotto of the Church of the Annunciation, believed to stand at the site of Mary's house where the angel Gabriel appeared and announced that she would give birth to Jesus Christ, in Nazareth, Israel, May 14, 2009. The Pope is on the fourth day of a Holy Land pilgrimage meant to promote peace and unity in the Middle East.
Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead a mass in Nazareth, northern Israel, Thursday, May 14, 2009. The Pope is on the fourth day of a Holy Land pilgrimage meant to promote peace and unity in the Middle East.
Pope Benedict XVI and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Nazareth, Israel, May 14, 2009. The meeting came a day after the pope made an emotional appeal in the West Bank for the establishment of an independent Palestinian homeland, a concept the Israeli leader has refused to endorse. The men appeared to exchange pleasantries before reporters were ushered out of the room to allow them to speak privately.
Pope Benedict XVI, left facing camera, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, at right facing camera smiling, are greeted by Palestinian performers at the Aida Refugee camp in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, May 13, 2009. The Pope is on a five-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Pope Benedict XVI sits beneath the Palestinian flag, right, and the white and yellow Vatican flag as he celebrates a Holy Mass in Manger Square at the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, May 13, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd as he arrives to lead a mass outside the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, May 13, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI, center, during the Papal Mass in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. The Pope urged both sides of the Israeli/Palestinean conflict to engage in "a sincere dialogue aimed at building a world of justice and peace."
In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Pope Benedict XVI kisses a cross as visits the traditional site of Jesus' last supper with his 12 apostles on the eve of his crucifixion, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. The Pope is on the second day of a five-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, which is part of his week-long tour through the Middle East.
Pope Benedict XVI blesses Christian worshipers at the Latin Patriarchate Church in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. The pope took his message of peace to the most contentious site in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Tuesday, urging both sides to engage in "a sincere dialogue aimed at building a world of justice and peace."
Pope Benedict XVI meets with Israeli chief Rabbis Yona Metzger, and Shlomo Amar, right, at the center for the Jewish Heritage in Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. The pope told Israel's two chief rabbis that the Catholic Church is "irrevocably committed" to "a genuine and lasting reconciliation between Christians and Jews."
Pope Benedict XVI places a note into a crack of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. The pope is on a visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories as part of a week-long trip to the Middle East that also included a stop in Jordan.
Pope Benedict XVI prays in front of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, May 12, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI, center, walks in front of the Dome of the Rock, one Islam's holy sites, as he visits the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. The pope took his message of peace to the most contentious site in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Tuesday, urging the sides to embark upon "a sincere dialogue aimed at building a world of justice and peace."
Pope Benedict XVI, center, listens along with Rabbi Shear Yashuv Cohen, left, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, second left, Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal, second right, and Sheikh Taysir Tamimi during an interfaith gathering at the Notre Dame Center in Jerusalem, Monday, May 11, 2009. The pope is on a week-long visit to the Middle East that includes stops in Jordan, Israel and the Palestinean territories.
Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council Rabbi Lau holds Pope Benedict XVI's hands after presenting him with a facsimile of a painting by Jewish artist Felix Nussbaum, who was killed during the Holocaust, during a ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, May 11, 2009.
Pope Benedict XVI attends ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Monday, May 11, 2009. The German-born pope says the cries of Holocaust victims continue to reverberate 60 years after the second World War.