Pope aims to keep meeting closed, ideology-free
Children in traditional dress welcome Pope Francis arriving for a meeting with charity workers and for the inauguration of the House of Mercy in Ulaanbaatar, Monday, Sept. 4. Francis toured the House of Mercy in the final event of an historic four-day visit to a region where the Holy See has long sought to make inroads.
(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis defended the decision to keep the discussions of a big Vatican meeting on the future of the Catholic Church behind closed doors, saying Monday the three-week conference was a religious moment for the church and "not a television program" that was open to scrutiny.
Francis was asked repeatedly on his way home from Mongolia about the Oct...
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