Pope Francis celebrated a memorial Mass in St. Peter's Basilica for Pope Benedict XVI and the six cardinals and 147 bishops who died over the past year.

On Saturday, January 28th, The Church of St. John-Visitation in the Bronx, NY, held a bilingual Memorial Mass to celebrate the life and legacy of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI.

The visit will revive peace efforts for those who seek peace, says the ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Congo to the Holy See.

The papacy is not a dictatorship, he said, and, besides, "criticism helps you to grow and improve things."

The “dream' of full rights for African-Americans in the United States has found passionate support from Pope Paul VI to Pope Francis.