Pope, headed to Colombia, will promote peace accord government signed with FARC

BOGOTA, Colombia _ Pope Francis was scheduled to arrive in Colombia on Wednesday to urge reconciliation in a country deeply divided over the terms of a peace deal that the pontiff himself helped bring to fruition.

The five-day visit _ the first time a pope has traveled here since John Paul II came in 1986 _ comes nine months after the deal ended 52 years of civil war between the government and the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.

Francis closely followed the negotiations and publicly pushed both sides toward the agreement, making