Samuel Aghoyan

A 19th century German missionary built a model of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, color coded to indicate which areas belonged to which community.

Pope Francis hopes to heal Christian rifts, at a Jerusalem church torn by Christian rifts

May 23, 2014Lifestyle & Belief

Pope Francis heads to the Holy Land this weekend for a three-day trip of prayer and diplomacy. He’ll be meeting to heal rifts with Orthodox Christian spiritual leaders in a church in Jerusalem where Christian rivalries have raged for centuries.Pope Francis heads to the Holy Land this weekend for a three-day trip of prayer and diplomacy. He’ll be meeting to heal rifts with Orthodox Christian spiritual leaders in a church in Jerusalem where Christian rivalries have raged for centuries.