VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christians are called to bring hope to those going through dark times, especially families who are threatened by ideologies prevalent in today's world, Pope Francis said.
Addressing the Schonstatt Fathers, who were in Rome for their general chapter Sept. 1, the pope urged them to be 'bearers of a message of hope in these dark situations that people in every stage of life are going through.'
'Today, there are many marriages in crisis, young people tempted, the elderly forg