Three months after succeeding Benedict XVI , Pope Francis
has intimated he is planning a visit to Israel.
On Wednesday, the Pope met with Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev
Elkin as part of Israel's ongoing dialogue with the Vatican.
The two discussed the payment of property tax by churches in
Israel. The Pope asked Elkin to push for an agreement on the matter.
The meeting was held at the Pope's residence rather than the
reception hall, at the Pope's request. At the end of the meeting, the deputy
foreign minister presented the Pope with a silver embossment of Jerusalem and
invited him to visit Israel, to which he replied that he has every intention of
doing so.
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