Nigerian nun Bernadette Duru says the African church hierarchy is indifferent to people in rural areas.

Father Jude Nnorom says he hopes the pope's travels in Africa will help end all the wars ravaging the continent.

Nigerian nun Bernadette Duru says the African church hierarchy is indifferent to people in rural areas.

One footnote says that divorced and remarried faithful, who are not recognized by the Catholic Church because it upholds the indissolubility of marriage, might in some particular cases have access to the sacraments.

One of the topics that [Pope Francis] wants to raise, according to many Vatican analysts, is given the shortage of - worldwide shortage of priests is the possibility of a married priesthood. But he needs more backing from his bishops right now.

The Vatican has always had a core of diplomats for centuries. It has ambassadors in 180 countries and always played a kind of behind-the-scene role in many world issues.

We have a pope [Francis] who's very popular among the Catholic faithful and non-Catholics, but there's no doubt he's going to continue to face resistance from conservatives inside the church.