Pope Urges Support for Peace Process Before Colombia Visit

Pope Francis will visit Colombia, the Vatican said on Thursday, as the pontiff urged Colombians to work for peace as the country conducts talks with Marxist rebels to end 50 years of war. The pope will add Colombia to an upcoming tour of Latin America, the Vatican said in a letter to the country's Catholic leadership, without specifying a date. "His Holiness invites you to be collaborators in the construction of peace," the letter said, adding that the 78-year-old...

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