VATICAN (Al Jazeera) – The family of the veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh has been received by Pope Francis at the Vatican, nearly six months after she was shot dead by Zionist troops while covering an army raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. The relatives on Wednesday were among a group of guests attending a general audience in Vatican City, a weekly appointment in which the pontiff greets pilgrims.   A memorial mass is scheduled to be held at 5pm local time (15:00 GMT) at the Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin in Rome in honor of the slain Palestinian reporter.