Pope Francis meets Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for a group prayer session and private peace talks in the Vatican Gardens on June 8, 2014. The three leaders were joined by the Orthodox Christian leader Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I. Francis proposed the meeting last month during his visit to Israel and the West Bank. At the end they planted an olive tree (photo). Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM