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Pope to visit Sarajevo

The pontiff will make a one day trip to the Islam dominated country to appeal for peace.

During his Angelus in St. Peter's Square he told the gathered he wanted "reconciliation, peace, inter-religious dialogue and friendship".

It's the first papal trip to Sarajevo in 18 years and Bosnia-Herzegovina is still recovering from the 1992-95 war.

A year ago there were violent anti-government riots across the country.

It's the latest in a line of trips to Muslim countries in an attempt to gather support to tackle the problem of Christian persecution in the Middle East.

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