Pope Makes Appeal On Behalf Of Refugees

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is asking faithful throughout Europe to shelter refugees fleeing "death from war and hunger."

Francis said today that the Vatican's two parishes are taking in two families of refugees. He gave no details as he addressed tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square.

Francis said it's not enough to say, "Have courage, hang in there," to the hundreds of thousands of refugees who are on the march toward what he called "life's hope."

He called on every Catholic parish, convent, monastery and sanctuary in Europe to shelter a family, and asked bishops throughout Europe to urge their dioceses to do the same.

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