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Pope Visits Greek Migrants With The Orthodox Patriarch

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People sit under newly erected tents inside Moria camp on Lesbos island, Greece, where 2,300 migrants and refugees are being detained for deportation back to Turkey on Friday, April 15, 2016. Pope Francis will visit Moria camp Saturday, a mission human rights groups hope will highlight the plight of refugees who fled their war-ravaged homes only to be denied entry to Europe. Pope Francis will be joined by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the head of the Orthodox Church of Greece, Athens Archbishop Ieronymos II. (Petros Giannakouris/AP)
People sit under newly erected tents inside Moria camp on Lesbos island, Greece, where 2,300 migrants and refugees are being detained for deportation back to Turkey on Friday, April 15, 2016. Pope Francis will visit Moria camp Saturday, a mission human rights groups hope will highlight the plight of refugees who fled their war-ravaged homes only to be denied entry to Europe. Pope Francis will be joined by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the head of the Orthodox Church of Greece, Athens Archbishop Ieronymos II. (Petros Giannakouris/AP)
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Presenting a unified message, Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians, will visit migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos.

Here & Now’s Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with NPR’s Joanna Kakissis from Greece about the religious leaders’ humanitarian efforts, and efforts to heal the age-old rift between the Catholic and Orthodox churches.

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This segment aired on April 15, 2016.

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