Pope Francis

EL UNIVERSAL reveals that the Conference of the Mexican Episcopate will carry out interviews to those who aspire to join the seminars in order to identify potential abusers

Alitalia AZA 4000 flight Airbus A330 took off from Rome on route to Bogotá, Colombia

During their audience, the Pope spoke to the president in Spanish, something unusual since he commonly uses Italian

José Manuel Vidal is the director of Digital Religion, one of the most important religious publications in the Spanish-speaking world

Last year, in response to an answer about then-candidate Trump's views on immigration and his intention to build a wall on the border with Mexico, Francis said a man with those views is "not Christian"

"Under your leadership, may America's stature continue to be measured above all by its concern for the poor, the outcast and those in need ...," Francis said.

During the service, Pope Francis lamented the exploitation and ill-treatment of thousands of children, young people, women and elderly people in the Americas.

"It is not permitted to scatter the ashes of the faithful departed in the air, on land, at sea or in some other way, nor may they be preserved in mementos, pieces of jewelry or other objects," the document said

Monsignor Carlos Aguiar Retes archbishop of Tlalnepantla, Mexico was named new cardinal.

Pope Francis also offered his prayers for “the halt of the violence that has struck some priests during the last days.”