Pope Francis’s two-day visit to the Holy Land is expected to go ahead, despite the strike at Israel’s Foreign Ministry.
According to a source involved in planning the visit in May, the pope will land first in Jordan, travel to Bethlehem in the Palestinian territories and then spend a day in Jerusalem.
“He will meet the leaders of Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians, but this is chiefly a religious visit,” said the source.
In Jerusalem Pope Francis will attend a private mass at the Cenacle, on Mount Zion, revered by Christians as the site of Jesus’s last supper.