Middle East
Rome— Pope Francis last month took a visit to the island of Lesbos in Greece, visited with Syrian refugees and then took back a dozen of them with him to Rome. This symbolic gesture was nice. He [...]
Americas
London—Cuba is releasing around 3,500 prisoners from its jails, a kind of welcome gift to Pope Francis, who is visiting the island this week. None are among the 60 or so detainees considered political [...]
Americas
Rome—Pope Francis is going to the USA in September, and the Republicans who loved the long reign of John Paul II and Benedict XVI are all frazzled. For them, Francis might has well have 666 engraved [...]