get to europe. many people waiting here for a very long time, hoping to go anywhere, they told me. anywhere outside of here. pope francis is on five-day trip of cyprus and greece. it s been a major focus of him for him to encourage european countries and other countries to open their borders and integrate refugees into their society. he calls the migrant issue the war of the moment. he calls the mediterranean a cemetery without tombstones. so that is why he is coming here. now, when he came here five years ago, kim, he did a surprise move and took back 12 refugees on his papal plane. i don t know you remember that. he brought them back to italy. they were syrian refugees. this time the vatican told us on friday that he has made arrangements for 12 refugees from cyprus, where we just were in the last two days, to be transferred to rome in the coming weeks.
gun violence activist fred guttenberg responded with a picture of his teenage daughter who was killed in the parkland shooting in 2018, and he tweeted, since we are sharing family photos, here is mine, one is the last photo i ever took of jamie, the other is where she is buried because of the parkland school shooting. the shooter and his family used to take photos like yours as well. we want to show you live pictures just coming in now from the greek island of lesbos. thousands of migrants from the middle east, asia, and africa are on the island and some have been stuck there for years. he s been going down the line, meeting with these migrants. cnn s vatican correspondent delia gallagher is traveling with the pope skband joins me n on the phone. we re seeing these pictures of
disney world, anaheim, disneyland. one other factor at player here is the cost of rental cars is through the roof, up 86% in the last year and it seems like people just want to swallow that expense themselves rather than renting a car. they d rather drive. pete muntean, thank you very much for the update. pope francis is still in the hospital following surgery yesterday. yeah, he s 84 years old. the pope went for his scheduled surgery just hours after conducting the traditional sunday prayer at st. peter square. cnn s vatican correspondent delia gallagher is with us now. he s he doing? reporter: well, victor and alisyn, it s good news. the latest medical bulletin says that the pope is alert. he is responding. he s breathing on his own. yesterday s surgery took about three hours and what they did was remove part of the lower left colon. the pope was suffering from dive
including two women. founders of religious orders in germany and spain, and a young boy from naples who died at the age of 19 of bone cancer in whom pope francis said was an example to young people of humility and courage. perhaps the most well known of today s new saints was pope paul 66. he oversaw the changes in the vet cann council bringing the vatican church into the current world. the archbishop op assassinated in march of 1908 while he was saying mass in el salvador, and pope francis was wearing the blood-stained belt of the archbishop op that he was wearing on the day that he was assassinated. here s what one priest from el salvador told us about the importance of saint romero. translator: the prophetic strength of romero, his social message always current, his defense of the poor and the most
i have some very happy news to report. meghan, the duchess of sussex is pregnant. kensington palace has confirmed prince harry and his wife are expecting their first child in early 2019. now, this news comes as the couple is in australia, kicking off their first overseas tour as a married couple. prince harry and his wife meghan will also visit new zealand, tonga and fiji over the next 16 days. their trip coincides with prince harry s invictus games, an olympic style tournament for military personnel wounded in action. well, pope francis has canonized semen new catholic saints. among them archbishop op oscar romero and pope paul 6. cnn s vatican correspondent david gallagher has the details now from rome. a day of celebration at the vatican has pope francis declared seven new saints,