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Saturday, April 16, 2016

Refugees in Greece overwhelmed by pope's visit to Lesbos

[Pope Francis blesses a man kneeling in front of him, at the Moria refugee camp, on the Greek island of Lesbos, Saturday, April 16, 2016. Pope Francis travelled Saturday to Greece for a brief but provocative visit to meet with refugees at a detention center as the European Union implements a controversial plan to deport them back to Turkey. (Filippo Monteforte/Pool Photo via AP)]MYTILENE, Greece (AP) — For some refugees, when it came time to actually meet Pope Francis, the tears just began to flow.


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