(24 Sep 2018) Pope Francis on Monday visited Latvia's most important Catholic shrine in Aglona, near the southeastern border with Russia.
Local and international residents welcomed Francis as he rode through crowds in his popemobile before giving Holy Mass at the Aglona sanctuary.
Francis is visiting Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to mark their 100th anniversaries of independence and to encourage the faith in the Baltics, which saw five decades of Soviet-imposed religious repression and state-sponsored atheism.
In addition, the Nazi occupation nearly exterminated their Jewish populations.
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