Pope Francis plants olive tree in Gethsemane

(ANSA) - Rome, May 26 - Pope Francis on Monday planted an olive tree in Gethsemane, the garden at Mount of Olives where, according to the Gospels, Jesus prayed and his disciples slept the night before Jesus was crucified.
    The pope inserted the peace symbol next to another olive tree planted by Pope Paul VI when he visited the Holy Land in 1964.
    Some trees in the garden are among the oldest trees known to science, dating back nearly 1000 years. Francis also planted an olive tree in the garden of the Israeli presidential palace in Jerusalem, along with Israeli President Shimon Peres, and at the Apostolic Delegation of Jerusalem and Palestine.
    The pope is on the third and final day of a visit to the Holy Land.
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