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Father of drowned Syrian refugee boy Alan Kurdi meets pope in Iraq

  • Following a Mass on Sunday in the Iraqi city of Erbil, Francis met with Abdullah Kurdi and spent a long time with him
  • Through an interpreter, the pope listened to Kurdi’s story and expressed sympathy for the loss of his family
By AP ·

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