Pope brings Latin American Catholic experience to the universal Church

Pope brings Latin American Catholic experience to the universal Church Pope Francis prays at a cross on the border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, before celebrating Mass February 17, 2016. Photo: CNS/Paul Haring

Justin McLellan When Pope Francis greeted the thousands of faithful gathered in a rain-soaked St Peter’s Square March 13, 2013, he quipped that his brother cardinals looked almost to “the ends of the earth” to find a new bishop of Rome. The end of the world, in this case, was Buenos Aires, Argentina, where Pope…

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