Pope to hear from Syria's refugees in Jordan
 

https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/H8...15692482fc.jpgPope Francis will hear first-hand accounts of the horrors of Syria's war when he meets refugees in Jordan Saturday as he begins a three-day visit to the Holy Land. Many pilgrims who will flock to see him there, and at an open-air mass in the capital Amman, want Francis to use his visit to make a strident call for peace across the border in Syria. "He needs to see the situation of Christians in Syria. "In the past we lived in harmony and coexistence, but **w Syrian Christians are in danger," she said, reflecting the view of many Christians -- Roman Catholic and Orthodox -- who sided with Assad, fearing the harsh Islamist ideology of some rebel factions.




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