Pope Francis Celebrates First Mass Outside of Italy

Pope Francis has called for young people in Brazil to build a more united world, in his first Mass outside Italy since he was elected pope earlier this year. The pope celebrated Mass in southeastern Brazil with tens of thousands of Roman Catholics at the shrine of the Virgin of Aparecida, the country's symbol of the Virgin Mary. He says, "I too come to knock on the door of the house of Mary - who loved and raised Jesus - that she may help all of us, pastors of God's people, ... Reported by VOA News 1 day ago.