The Latest: Pope asks pilgrims to pray for Syria war victims

Pope Francis asked hundreds of thousands of young people during a vigil in Poland to pray for the people suffering during the war in Syria.
Francis spoke on Saturday evening in a huge meadow outside of the southern city of Krakow following testimony by three young people, including Rand Mittri, a 26-year-old from the Syrian city of Aleppo who spoke about the suffering and death in her homeland from the five-year war that has killed hundreds of thousands and forced millions to flee their homeland.
Later, in a speech, Francis called for prayers for war victims in Syria and elsewhere.
He said: “Today the war in Syria has caused pain and suffering for so many people, for so many young people like our good friend Rand, who has come here and asked us to pray for (her) beloved country.”
The Associated Press