The Pope is beginning a three day visit to the Middle East in Jordan.<br /><br />Pope Francis will travel to the capital Amman, where he will hold Mass in a stadium, and then meet Syrian refugees.<br /><br />He will also visit holy sites around the kingdom, including the Jordan River, near to where John the Baptist is believed to have baptised Jesus.<br /><br />Security is tight and hundreds of police officers have been deploying on the streets of the capital and at sites where the Pope will visit.<br /><br />The pontiff will be accompanied by a rabbi and an imam who are friends from his native Argentina and says he hopes to improve relations between Christians, Muslims and Jews.<br /><br />On Sunday, he will head to Bethlehem in the West Bank for a Mass in Manger Square, near the site where Jesus is believed to have been born in Palestine.<br /><br />On Monday the Pope is due to visit the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City as well as the Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall.
