Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski remembered the former leader of Cuba and prayed for peace.

Support from Europe and the United States has helped calm some fears related to neighboring Russia, said Archbishop Gintaras Grusas.

The Lakota prayer over water has become a rallying cry in the mass action to prevent the construction of a crude oil pipeline near their reservation.

The pope said there was a "weak response" in most international policies to promoting the common good.

Being the only Chaldean Catholic priest in charge of pastoral work in Turkey, Father Adday is a road warrior who logs thousands of miles meeting Iraqi Christian refugees in Turkey.

"A rigidity that is far from a discernment of situations has been introduced" in seminaries, Pope Francis said. He also called clericalism "one of the most serious illnesses that the church has."