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Apr 6, 2006 7:28 am US/Eastern

Peres: Pope May Visit Israel

ROME (AP) ― Pope Benedict XVI is considering visiting Israel early next year, former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres said Thursday after meeting with the pontiff at the Vatican.

Peres renewed an invitation for the pope to visit the country first made last year by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. "He indicated that he may do it in the first part of next year," Peres said at a press conference.

Peres said he did not think outstanding issues between the Vatican and Israel over taxation of church properties would preclude a papal visit. Some analysts have suggested the pope might not make the trip until the issues are worked out.

Pope John Paul II visited the Holy Land in 2000. Benedict has continued John Paul's outreach to the Jews, visiting a synagogue in Cologne, Germany, during his first trip abroad last year.

(© 2006 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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