While visiting the Holy Land, Pope Francis extended an invitation to the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian authority to travel to the Vatican for a “peace initiative” after earlier calling for a two-state-solution to the intractable conflict. The offer came at the end of an outdoor Mass in Bethlehem. Israeli President Peres sand Palestinian Authority President Abbas both accepted.
AM 820 News anchor Robert Pankau spoke to ABC News correspondent Linda Albin.