Pope Francis on Thursday arrived in Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees have sought sanctuary after fleeing a crackdown in neighbouring Myanmar, in the second stage of a tour dominated by the plight of the persecuted minority.
Francis – the first pope to visit Bangladesh in 31 years – will spend three days in the majority-Muslim country, which is grappling with a rise in Islamist extremism that has seen Catholics attacked for their faith.
He flew to…