Pope Francis came to Egypt on Friday for a historic visit to the Arab and Muslim-majority nation aimed at presenting a united Christian-Muslim front to repudiate violence committed in God's name.
The Pontiff is holding a series of deeply symbolic meetings in Cairo with Egypt's religious and political leaders; he is also to participate in an international peace conference organised by Al-Azhar, the world's primary seat of Sunni Islamic learning.
Francis says he wants to bring a message of peace to a country that has for years endured an increasingly emboldened insurgency led by a local affiliate of the extremist Islamic State group.
