A new Airbus A320 of Alitalia leaves with Pope Benedict XVI to Jordan on May 8, 2009 at Fiumicino airport, near Rome. Pope Benedict XVI started a "pilgrimage" to the Holy Land, facing a daunting array of religious and political challenges on the eight-day trip. Getty Images logo Getty Images 33 months ago

A new Airbus A320 of Alitalia leaves with Pope Benedict XVI to Jordan on May 8, 2009 at Fiumicino airport, near Rome. Pope Benedict XVI started a "pilgrimage" to the Holy Land, facing a daunting array of religious and political challenges on the eight-day trip.

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