An Israeli Postal Service employee shows a man how to adjust a gas mask at a distribution point at a shopping mall in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim near Jerusalem Aug. 26. For Christians in the Mideast, Pope Francis’ papal appeal for prayers for peace in Syria takes on special meaning. (CNS photo/Baz Ratner, Reuters) (Sept. 4, 2013) See SYRIA-MIDEAST Sept. 4, 2013.