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Transcript of press conference with Pope Francis
See the English translation of the pope's responses to 12 questions by journalists aboard the flight to Rome from Mexico, where the pope completed his apostolic visit Feb. 17.
In silence, pope remembers those who cross Mexican-U.S. border
The pope said nothing Feb. 17, but he clasped his hands tightly in prayer and bowed his head in silent prayer. He left a bunch of flowers on a table in front of the cross.
Pope decries death and exploitation at U.S.-Mexico border
Pope Francis pleaded for the plight of immigrants while warning those refusing to offer shelter and passage that their inhospitable attitudes were bringing about self-destruction as their hearts hardened and they "lost their sensitivity to pain."
Vatican invites head of al-Azhar to meet with pope to restart dialogue
A decades-old dialogue between al-Azhar and the Vatican started to fray in 2006, after now-retired Pope Benedict XVI gave a speech in Regensburg, Germany. Al-Azhar officials and millions of Muslims said the speech linked Islam to violence.
Young Caritas volunteer killed in shelling of Aleppo, Syria
Elias Abiad, 22, who had been volunteering for the church agency since 2014, was hit by mortar shells Feb. 13 in Aleppo, reported Fides, news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
People’s lives worth more than profits, pope tells Mexican biz leaders
Families in an industrial city of Mexico told Pope Francis of their financial struggles caused by low wages, but also of the stress of working long hours to earn a pittance. The pope said profits must be used for the common good.
Pope snaps at pilgrim who caused him to fall into boy in wheelchair
Excitement turned potentially dangerous as someone pulled Pope Francis over a child in a wheelchair trying to greet the pope, who scolded at the adult, "What is the matter? Don't be selfish!"
Pope tells Mexican prisoners society needs system of ‘social health’
Speaking in a prison previously plagued by riots in Mexico's most dangerous city, Pope Francis urged society not to lock up inmates and throw away the key, but instead proposed a focus on prevention and reintegration.
Phoenix pilgrims look forward to pope’s message of Mercy in Juarez
As soon as Rosa and Sergio Siller heard Pope Francis was visiting Ciudad Juarez, they knew they had to visit.
Devil wants church resigned to violence; resist him, pope says
The pope's message was an encouragement to those priests and religious who literally risk their lives standing up to the drug lords and urging their faithful to do the same.