It's difficult yet for Lithuania to fully understand the meaning of Pope Francis' visit, and the Holy Father should leave Lithuania having become its friend, Lithuania's first post-independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis says.
Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights
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President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that Pope Francis will pay homage to the region's painful history during his visit to Lithuania this weekend and will send a message that we cannot allow a repetition of crimes committed by the totalitarian regimes.
Pope Francis will send an important message to the world from Vilnius when he will pay respect to victims of Soviet terror, Kaunas Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevičius says.
The official program of Pope Francis' upcoming visit to Lithuania has been announced on Thursday.
Lithuania's parliament took yet another step to rename the Genocide Museum located in the former KGB building in central Vilnius into the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights.
