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Pope arrives in Lithuania to start tour of Baltic states

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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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.

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

(Reporting by Andrius Sytas; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

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