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JERUSALEM : Pope Francis leads a mass at the Church of All Nations in the Garden of Gethsemane, in east Jerusalem, on May 26, 2014. Pope Francis called for people of all faiths to have access to often hotly-contested sacred sites in Jerusalem, on the final day of his whirlwind Middle East trip. AFP PHOTO/ VINCENZO PINTO
Clashes in Jerusalem continued after protests this weekend resulted in the injury of some 300 Palestinian protesters and more than a dozen police officers.
On Sunday, after praying the midday Regina Caeli, the Pope called for peace, asking that the Holy City might be a "place of prayer and peace."
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