The aid reached families in Berdale, a small town center of 50,000 people, including 6,000 people displaced from their homes.

In his off-the-cuff remarks, the pope highlighted the importance of listening.

On Nov. 22, 16 migrants were found concealed in a truck on board a ferry from France to Ireland

"We also urge the national, regional and international authorities to be more active in safeguarding our peace, national unity and territorial integrity."

The Trump administration just expanded its Migrant Protection Protocols policy, known as MPP and also called "Remain in Mexico," to migrants who cross over the border into Arizona. The expansion means these migrants are transported from Tucson to El Paso, Texas, and then into Mexico border cities.

Bishop Brennan was one of nearly 40 bishops in Rome for a regularly scheduled series of meetings with the pope