Photo gallery: Visit to Israel of Pope Benedict XVI

Arrival  ceremony at Ben-Gurion International Airport

• Pope Benedict XVI escorted from plane by President Shimon Peres (Photo: GPO)
• Pope Benedict XVI with President Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo: GPO) 
• President Shimon Peres welcomes the Pope (Photo: GPO)

Arrival in Jerusalem

• Pope Benedict XVI receives gift from Jerusaelm Mayor Nir Barkat (Photo: GPO)
• Pope Benedict XVI welcomed to Jerusalem by Israeli children (Photo: GPO)

Celebratory reception ceremony at President's Residence

• President Shimon Peres and Pope Benedict XVI in the garden of the Presidential Residence (Photo: GPO)
• Pope Benedict XVI welcomed by Israeli children (Photo: GPO) 
• President Peres and Pope Benedict XVI embrace in front of children's choir (Photo: GPO)

Visit to Yad Vashem, Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Memorial

• Ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance, Yad Vashem (Photo: GPO)
• Pope Benedict XVI lays a wreath at the Hall of Remembrance (Photo: GPO)
• Pope Benedict XVI addresses the ceremony participants (Photo: GPO)

Interfaith meeting at Notre Dame

• Pope Benedict XVI with Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders (Photo: GPO)
• Pope Benedict XVI with Rabbi Shaer Yashuu Cohen and Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone (Photo: GPO)