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April 16, 2016: Visits a refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece, and brings 12 Syrian Muslims to Rome aboard his papal plane in an appeal for solidarity toward migrants. Sept. 19, 2016: Is questioned in a ...

Jason Horowitz is the Rome bureau chief for The Times, covering Italy, the Vatican, Greece and other parts of Southern Europe. A Cardinal en Route to a Conclave: Timothy Dolan of New York is one ...