Understanding Pope's Vogage of Peace

(13 May 09 - RV) Pope Benedict is in Bethlehem. Early this morning the Holy Father crossed the border that divides Israel from the Palestinian Territories, at the gate of Rachel’s Tomb, arriving in Bethlehem, where he was greeted by the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas.
Yesterday, during Mass in the Josaphat Valley, the Pope decried the "tragic reality" that many Christians had left the region, but, as the Director of the english programme for Vatican Radio Sean Patrick Lovett points out, many people beyond the Christian community fail to understand the purpose of Pope Benedict’s voyage as a Pilgrimage of Peace...