A year has passed (click here) since 43 college students disappeared in Mexico. Controversy is rising over the details surrounding what happened to the students, with a new report contradicting the Mexican government’s account.
Now, activists have flown five of the students’ mothers to Philadelphia in hopes they can meet with Pope Francis while he’s there.
As Bobby Allyn of Here & Now contributor WHYY in Philadelphia reports, the Pope has called the students’ disappearance a murder and the mothers and activists want him to pressure the Mexican government to take further action on the case....
Pope Francis endurance reminds me of a person needing a vacation from the vacation. His stamina has to be measured with these rigorous visits to entire countries and a time to rest. He also has duties in Rome. So, the idea an extensive trip throughout the hemisphere or across an entire continent is challenging.
I think he is a great Pope and wants to reach all the people that seek him, but, he repeatedly states with each audience, "Pray for me." He recognizes two aspects of that request. He feels his mortality as a human being and he wants to be regarded as family or a friend that one would pray for. He wants to become a common dialogue in conversations after he leaves. Praying for him brings people together to realize his iconic meaning of his life. He is a friend in that face of all that which becomes his iconic status.
