Pope faces diplomatic dilemma in Myanmar visit

By Philip Pullella
VATICAN CITY, Nov 23 (Reuters) Pope Francis visits Myanmar next week, a delicate trip for the world's most senior Christian to a majority Buddhist country accused by Washington of the "ethnic cleansing" of Muslim Rohingya people.
He will also visit Bangladesh to where more than 600,000 people have fled from what Amnesty International called "crimes against humanity" including murder, rape torture and forcible displacement, allegations the Myanmar military denies.

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