Pope Francis prays at Israel's separation barrier on May 25, 2014 after he made an unscheduled stop at the security wall drawing attention to the towering eight-metre (26-foot) high concrete wall topped by a guard tower, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Pope Francis invited Israeli President Shimon Peres and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmud Abbas to his home in the Vatican for a "heartfelt prayer" for peace. AFP PHOTO / TAUFIQ KHALIL