Spiraling inflation, a shortage of necessities such as food and medicine, and high crime rates have driven hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans to seek better opportunities in other countries. 

As many as 17 to 23 Catholic Charities offices around the country are now confronting the end of programs that have been successfully assimilating thousands of refugees into U.S. society for decades

"Today people my age feel very alone, and that's why we are always on social media. We want to feel part of something. And today the church doesn't offer people enough to help them feel they are part of a group."

Many of the parents of the baptized babies are Vatican employees.

Speaking on the 100th anniversary of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's proposed League of Nations, Francis said today's leaders can learn two lessons from the ashes of World War I.

The pope greeted the children and “exchanged some words of comfort with the parents who are caring for their children in their tiring and painful trials.”