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Pope Francis hasn't even left for his weekend tour of the Holy Land and his trip is already breaking with tradition.
He won't use a bulletproof car, unlike most every head of state to visit the region, opting instead for an open-top vehicle. He has invited an imam and a rabbi to travel with him—the first time an official papal delegation has included members of other faiths; Rabbi Abraham Skorka and Omar Abboud, a leader of Argentina's Islamic community, are the Pope's longtime friends from Argentina. He's also emphasizing that his trip is a pilgrimage with a "strictly religious" purpose, as he said in his general audience on Wednesday.
