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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
After less than 48 hours in Rome, "dream" is the word used most often by the six Syrian adults Pope Francis brought back to Italy with him from a refugee camp in Greece.By April 18, the couples—who asked to be identified by only their first names, Hasan and Nour, Ramy and Suhila, Osa
Pope Francis meets refugees at the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, April 16, 2016. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
"What I saw today and what you saw in that refugee camp—it makes you weep."
Pope Francis meets refugees at the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, April 16, 2016. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
"We are going to encounter the greatest human catastrophe since World War II," he said.
Young refugees wait in line for tea at a makeshift camp April 11 at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece. Pope Francis will travel to Lesbos, Greece, April 16. (CNS photo/Stoyan Nenov, Reuters)
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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Among the migrants and refugees, "The terror is immense."
Pope Francis joined photo-sharing site Instagram March 19 using the account "Franciscus." As of April 1 the pope had more than 2 million followers. This is a screen capture of his page. (CNS photo)
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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
He hit the million-follower mark in just 12 hours, making his "our fastest growing account on Instagram to date."
Pilgrims participate in a prayer service led by Pope Francis on the eve of the feast of Divine Mercy in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 2. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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"How beautiful it would be if in every diocese there were a structural work of mercy: a hospital, a home for the aged or abandoned children... a home for recovering drug addicts."
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"Washing the feet of the refugees, Pope Francis is asking for respect for each one of them."
Syrian refugees are seen at Fiumicino Airport in Rome Feb. 29. (CNS photo/EPA)
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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Likes millions of refugees around the world, Hassan packed up his family to flee violence and to try to find a safe place where his children could grow and thrive.
Injured people are seen at the scene of explosions at Zaventem airport near Brussels March 22. (CNS photo/Reuters, handout)
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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
The pope "entrusts to God's mercy those who died and, in prayer, he shares the pain of their loved ones," the message said.
A woman prays in Cali, Colombia, in this April 13, 2014, file photo. (CNS photo/Christian Escobar Mora, EPA)
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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Catholics at all levels of the church also need to learn to listen to women's "voices of faith" as input that is not "threatening," but enriching.