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

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.