Israel's President Moshe Katsav, right, walks up the stairs of the Vittoriano Unknown Soldier monument with Italian Defense Minister Antonio Martino, center, during a laurel wreath laying ceremony in Rome, Wednesday Nov. 16, 2005. Katsav who is scheduled to meet with Premier Silvio Berlusconi Wednesday, is on an official visit in Italy that includes a meeting Thursday with Pope Benedict XVI, the first official visit to the Vatican by an Israeli head of state. (AP Photo/Corrado Giambalvo)