Pope devotes prayers to refugees

(ANSA) - Vatican City, August 1 - Pope Francis has focused his universal prayer intention for August on "refugees, forced by violence to abandon their homes, that they may find a generous welcome and the protection of their rights," Vatican Radio has reported.
    Ahead of the papal appeal, France said it is ready to help facilitate asylum for Christians and other minorities fleeing an Islamist onslaught in Northern Iraq.
    Support is growing in France for the religious minority driven from their homeland in northern Iraq by ISIS jihadists, with thousands expected to join demonstrations of support scheduled in cities across France this weekend.
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