He is the second pope to visit these Baltic nations. John Paul II came to the region in September 1993, after the collapse of communism, and was welcomed as a hero. Pope Francis comes exactly 25 years later, but much has changed since that first papal visit.

The U.S. bishops initiated the Encuentro, which means “Encounter,” to better serve the growing Latin American community.

Francis is visiting Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to help mark their centennial of independence from czarist Russia.

"The devil doesn't have anything to do with repentant sinners because they look to God and say, 'Lord, I'm a sinner. Help me,' and the devil is impotent," the pope said Sept. 20 during Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae.

Australia’s Bishop Long Van Nguyen on how the church can heal during the sexual abuse crisis.

Join America Media for a discussion with Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, with Matt Malone, S.J., editor in chief of America magazine, on the foundations of the papacy of pope Francis.