Pope Francis has urged the Georgian government to focus on returning more than 230,000 displaced people to their own homes, as the Georgian-Russian dispute over control of South Ossetia continues.
Shortly after arriving in Tblisi this morning, the Pope met privately with Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili, before addressing a small gathering of civic leaders and members of the diplomatic corps outside the presidential palace.
"Human beings should not have to suffer because of political situations and they have a right to return to their own homes,” Pope Francis said.
