Pope to Preach Solidarity on Baltics Visit in Shadow of Hostile Russia

Pope Francis will carry a message of solidarity to the Baltic nations on a visit starting on Saturday, nearly 30 years after they broke away from the Soviet Union and as they look warily towards a newly aggressive Russia. The four-day trip is the first by a pope to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia since 1993 and, a quarter of a century on, the countries are members of NATO and the European Union. But the past still looms large in a region subject in turn to Soviet and Nazi oppression and...

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