Pope Francis is welcomed by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as he arrives at the international airport in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Sept. 13, 2022. The pope is attending the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Nur-Sultan. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan — Arriving in Kazakhstan, a country that borders Russia, Pope Francis said he came as a “pilgrim of peace” at a time when “our world urgently needs peace; it needs to recover harmony”. “I am visiting you in the course of the senseless and tragic war that broke out with the invasion…
