Published Sat Mar 30 2019 13:45:37 GMT+0000 (UTC)by By NICOLE WINFIELD and AMIRA EL MASAITIRABAT, Morocco (AP) — Pope Francis landed in Morocco on Saturday for a trip aimed at highlighting the North African nation's Christian-Muslim ties, while also showing solidarity with migrants at Europe's door and tending to a tiny Catholic flock. Moroccan King Mohammed VI was on hand to greet Francis when he arrived amid pouring rain in Rabat, the Moroccan capital. "Christians have always enjoyed their rights in Morocco, including freedom of movement, church building and marriage." Muslims, Christians and Jews have long lived peacefully in Morocco, even though Catholics are a tiny minority of about 23,000. The pope is travelling to Morocco 34 years after St. John Paul II became the first pope to visit the country.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 30, 2019 14:03 UTC