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Pope visits Morocco to boost dialogue, meet migrants

Pope Francis will be the first pontiff to visit Morocco since John Paul II in 1985. [AFP]

Pope Francis arrives in Morocco on Saturday for a visit which will see him meet Muslim leaders and migrants ahead of a mass with the country's minority Catholic community.

The spiritual leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics was invited by King Mohammed VI as part of the "development of interreligious dialogue", according to Moroccan authorities.

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