Pope Francis brings forward the fact the responders to September 11 was selfless.

Pope Francis (not Pope Franco) asked for the prayer service at the 911 Memorial to be religiously inclusive.

Franco, in Catholic history, is affiliated with war.

Francisco Franco was a very conservative Catholic general who controlled the army in Morocco (click here).

In Pope Francis final city visit he will visit a jail in Philadelphia.

September 24, 2015

By Daniel Denvir

When Pope Francis (click here) visits Philadelphia's Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility this weekend, he will get a firsthand, if stage-managed, look at one of that city's most opaque public institutions.

Allegations of guard abuse of inmates at CFCF come up frequently, but public oversight at the facility is almost nonexistent. Detailed information about allegations of abuse and their investigation are confidential. Prosecutions for physical abuse are extremely rare.

The Philadelphia Police Department makes available relatively detailed information on Internal Affairs investigations lodged by members of the public thanks to an executive order issued in 1993 by former Mayor Ed Rendell. No such records are available when it comes to the city’s correctional facilities. The most Mayor Michael Nutter's office would provide CityLab was a list of generic allegations ("alleges several officers pushed"), the dates allegations were made and investigations closed, and whether or not the allegation was sustained—no names of the accused, whether any sort of punishment was meted out, or any real details at all included.

The city has paid out nearly $2.9 million in corrections-related civil rights settlements since 2010. According to the city, that's no cause for concern....