Cardinal Mario Zenari, the apostolic nuncio to Syria, looks on as Syria's President Bashar Assad reads a letter from Pope Francis during a Dec. 12 meeting in Damascus. In the letter, the pope urged Assad to do everything possible to end the war in his country, to protect civilians and to ensure humanitarian agencies can deliver emergency aid to the people. (CNS photo/SANA news agency) See POPE-SYRIA Dec. 13, 2016.
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