NICOSIA, Dec 3 — Pope Francis was set to speak to thousands of Catholics at an open-air mass in Cyprus today, the second day of a visit to the divided island that has focused heavily on the plight of migrants.
Ahead of the mass, the pope visited the Holy Archbishopric of the Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus in Nicosia, seeking to improve historically difficult relations between the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches. “I’m Orthodox and I hope he will spread a message of dialogue between the different religions, to be all more close,” the 42-year-old told AFP.
Only Ankara recognises the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, and tensions simmer between the two sides, with the south accusing the north of sending irregular migrants across the dividing line. The pope said “the presence of many of our migrant brothers and sisters” had made Cyprus “a true point of encounter between different ethnicities and cultures”.
Before his departure from Rome, Francis met refugees from Syria, Congo, Somalia and Afghanistan who had come via the Greek island of Lesbos and now live in Italy.
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