NO FRANCE - NO SWITZERLAND: May 29 2016 : Salma Hayek, Francois-Henri Pinault leave at the end of a seminar "A Wall A Bridge" organized by the Pontifical Foundation Scholas in the Synod Hall at the Vatican.
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Hollywood was in the house so to speak as Pope Francis held a speaking event in Rome over the Memorial Day Weekend.

The Pontiff’s whose seminar was called “A Wall A Bridge,”  honored Salma Hayek who was with husband Francois-Henri Pinault and daughter Valentina, Richard Gere with his much younger girlfriend, and George Clooney with wife Amal.

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The Pope awarded medals to the three Hollywood stars who will be ambassadors for one of the foundation’s arts projects, in recognition of their contributions to a Vatican education project.