Thousands swarm around Pope Francis in Colombia

Updated:8 years, 1 month ago

Colombia, Sep 07 (ANI): Scores of people turned out to greet Pope Francis at the start of his five-day visit to Colombia on Wednesday. Thousands of people lined up on the streets of Bogota to welcome him and with no barricades to hold the crowds back, some were able to get up real close and personal. The Pope brings a message of forgiveness to a deeply divided country. Last year the government signed a peace deal with Marxist rebels to end a 50-year war that killed more than two lakh twenty thousand people. Now many in Colombia accuse the government of going easy on the rebels. As part of the deal, former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - or FARC - were given amnesty, and even some seats in Congress. Pope Francis is expected to urge Colombians to set aside their differences. During his five-day visit, the Pope plans to meet with people whose lives were affected by the violence, and even some former FARC rebels. This is Pope Francis's fifth visit as pontiff to his native Latin America.

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