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M aha Saca, the head of the

Palestinian heritage center,
puts the f inal touches on M ay
9, 2009 on an em broidered
s tole with s y m bols of Pales tine
and the Vatican to be
pres ented to Pope Benedict
XVI during his v is it to
Bethlehem 's Aida refugee
camp nex t week. T he head of
the Roman Catholic church will
v is it the Church of the Nativ ity
in Bethlehem , believ ed to be
Jesus ' birthplace, am ongst
other religious s ites during his
M ay 11-15 pilgrim age to I srael
and the Palestinian territories .
T he pope is ex pected to meet
Palestinians during his tour of
the Aida ref ugee cam p and
v is it a children's hos pital.

M U SA AL-SHAER / AFP/Getty Im ages

U pdated: 1:08 p. m . ET M ay 9, 2009

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