ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE: Pope Francis has called for collective action through the United Nations to “stop unjust aggression” in Iraq, in an implicit criticism of unilateral US air strikes there.

The pope, speaking to reporters aboard his flight back from a trip to South Korea on Monday, said he was ready to visit Iraq “if necessary,” providing that it would help people under threat there.

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