The Vatican Press Office has published no further details on the meeting, which was followed by a luncheon.
On Saturday, the Latin patriarch, together with other Christian leaders of Jerusalem, presented proposals to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell for an end to the Israeli army´s siege of Bethlehem´s Basilica of the Nativity.
Franciscan and Armenian religious are confined and suffering there, following the April 2 invasion of the basilica by 200 mostly armed Palestinians.
