June 3, 2014. Ecumemical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew will also travel to the Vatican on June 8, to join Pope Francis in his prayer for peace in the Holy Land. During his visit to the Holy Land, which was a joint pilgrimage with the Ecumenical Patriarch, the Pope had invited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres to come to Rome to pray with him for peace, saying he was offering his home for them all to meet in.
Ecumenical Patriarch will travel to Rome for prayer for peace on June 8