Ecstatic crowds greeted Pope Francis as he arrived in the Philippines, Asia’s most populous Catholic nation, for the first papal visit in 20 years.

Pope Francis wrapped up his first trip to Asia yesterday by challenging Koreans — from the North and the South — to reject the “mindset of suspicion and confrontation” that clouds their relations and find new ways to forge peace on the war-divided peninsula. 

Pope Francis has wrapped up his first trip to Asia by challenging Koreans, both North and the South, to reject the “mindset of suspicion and confrontation” that clouds their relations.