Pope to visit Lesbos on April 16

(ANSA) - Vatican City, April 7 - Pope Francis will visit refugees and asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos on April 16, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said Thursday. The pope will visit the island on the front lines of Europe's asylum seeker crisis together with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I. Public events could be held at the reception centre for refugees on the island and at the port, Father Lombardi said.
    The pope will be accompanied by a maximum entourage of 30, including journalists.