VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis received assurances from Jordan's King Abdullah II that Christian and Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem will be protected amid the Israel-Hamas war. The pope met with the king of Jordan — the Middle Eastern country that has the longest border with Israel — for 20 minutes at the Vatican May 2. King Abdullah told the pope that Jordan "will continue undertaking its religious and historical role in safeguarding holy sites in Jerusalem, under the Hashemite Custodianship," the court of the royal family said in a post on X. Established in 1924, the custodianship refers to the role of the Hashemite royal family of Jordan in protecting the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem.…