While taking selfies can be an occasion to capture treasured memories, it can also be a sign that young men and women are deprived of meaningful human interaction with others, Pope Francis said.

"He's totally fearless. Because he has a lot of opposition," the filmmaker said.

In their first meeting, Pope Francis provided the bishops with texts to pray and meditate on.

A family of six that included two young children carried out deadly attacks on three churches in Indonesia on Sunday.

In an extraordinary response to a widening sexual abuse crisis, Chilean bishops will arrive in Rome this weekend to participate in a summit called by Pope Francis, May 14 through 17.

The Jesuit's approach was groundbreaking because "it was not a simple reconciliation of science and faith; it was integrating, creating a single, wholistic vision because the past danger was having a radical separation" of the two.