and political overtones. the cannonization of the two nuns really highlighted pope francis' efforts to increase the diminishing number of christians in the middle east at a time when they're being persecuted by isis. we've seen the stories of christians being executed by the terror organization. >> now the ceremony also took place just days after the vatican officially recognized the state of palestine in a treaty. in fact palestinian president mahmoud abbas met with probe francis yesterday who called abbas an angel of peace. pope francis gave abbas a medallion with an angel on it and abbas giving the pope a rosary used by one of the nuns. pope francis encouraged both the palestinians and israelis to sit back at the table and renew