Pope to 'touch some wounds' on trip to divided Cyprus


  • World
  • Thursday, 02 Dec 2021

Pope Francis is greeted at the Larnaca International Airport as he arrives for his visit to Cyprus and Greece, in Larnaca, Cyprus, December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

NICOSIA, Cyprus (Reuters) - Pope Francis arrived on the divided island of Cyprus on Thursday, calling for people to "welcome and integrate one another" in a county that has found itself on one of the frontlines of Europe's migration crisis.

"It will be a beautiful trip but we will touch some wounds. I hope that we all will be able to gather up the messages given to us," Pope Francis told journalists on the ITA airlines plane from Rome.

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