Pope Francis is greeted by the faithful upon his arrival for the Holy Mass at Daejeon World Cup stadium in Daejeon August 15, 2014. REUTERS/Lee Jin-man/Pool
SOLMOE South Korea (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Friday urged Koreans to pray and work for the re-unification of their divided peninsula, departing from his prepared text to say they should aim to reunite as one family "with no victors or vanquished".
The impromptu remarks were the pope's most specific comments on the division of Korea since starting his first trip to Asia on Thursday, and were made in response to a question by a girl at a boisterous youth rally.
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