巴以雙方領導人同意到梵蒂岡祈禱和平

JERUSALEM — Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accepted Pope Francis' invitation to come to the Vatican and pray for peace with him.
耶路撒冷 - 以色列總統佩雷斯和巴勒斯坦權力機構主席馬哈茂德·阿巴斯接受了羅馬教宗方濟各的邀請，到梵蒂岡和教宗一道爲和平祈禱。

Speaking earlier Sunday in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Francis said the time has come "for everyone to find the courage to be generous and creative" in ending "a protracted conflict that has inflicted many wounds."
星期天早些時候方濟各在約旦河西岸城市伯利恆發表講話說，現在是大家鼓起勇氣發揮寬容和創造，來結束這場留下太多創傷的曠日持久的衝突的時候了。

He then invited the two presidents to come to the Vatican to pray for peace.
他隨後邀請了巴以雙方領導人到梵蒂岡爲和平祈禱。

The offices of Abbas and Peres quickly confirmed that they had accepted the invitation, with the Palestinians saying the meeting would take place in June, according to an AP report.
雙方辦公室很快證實，阿巴斯和佩雷斯已經接受了邀請。據美聯社報道，巴勒斯坦一方稱這次會面將在6月舉行。

Francis was greeted later Sunday in Tel Aviv by Israeli President Shimon Peres and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before traveling to Jerusalem.
星期天晚些時候，在前往耶路撒冷之前，教宗在特拉維夫受到以色列總統佩雷斯和總理內坦尼亞胡的歡迎。

In Jerusalem, the pope presided over a joint prayer service with Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, the site where Christians believe Jesus was crucified and buried.
在耶路撒冷，教宗和東正教普世牧首巴塞洛繆在聖墓大教堂共同主持了一場聯合祈禱會。基督徒認爲，耶穌-基督在這裏被釘在十字架上，並埋葬於此。