A party of 400 French Catholic students from the Sorbonne entered Israel today for a five-day stay. They crossed from Jordan via the Mandelbaum Gate in Jerusalem. The party is led by a Bishop.
A group of 25 Finnish pilgrims has just completed a tour of the Holy Places in Israel, and a party of 32 women students and two professors from Western College of Ohio visited the country last week.
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