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Pope Francis heads for Luxembourg and Belgium on a trip to a dwindling flock
Pope Francis is traveling to once-strong bastions of Christianity in the heart of Europe to try to reinvigorate a Catholic flock that is dwindling in the face of secular trends and abuse scandals.
Francis greeted journalists at the start of Thursday’s flight from Rome but declined to walk down the aisle to greet them one by one as he typically does.
Francis landed mid-morning Thursday in Luxembourg, the European Union’s second-smallest country... [4329 chars]