Pope arrives in Lithuania to start tour of Baltic states

Pope Francis waves as he boards the plane for his visit to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, from Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, September 22, 2018. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS - Copyright VATICAN MEDIA(Reuters)

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Published on 22/09/2018 - 11:02•Updated 25/04/2024 - 14:17

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VILNIUS (Reuters) - Pope Francis arrived in Lithuania on Saturday at the start of a four-day visit to the Baltic states as they look warily towards a newly aggressive Russia nearly 30 years after they broke away from the then-Soviet Union.

The pope will spend two days in predominantly Catholic Lithuania before moving on to Latvia and then Estonia.