Pope Francis visited Colombia Saturday to console orphans, the poor and sick – and to demand priests and ordinary Colombians look beyond church doctrine to care for sinners and welcome them in. “My brothers, the church is not a customs post,” Francis said. “It wants its doors to be open.”The pontiff had spent the first half of his trip encouraging the country’s fragile new peace process. At the Mass, Francis urged Colombia's conservative church to look beyond rigid rules and norms of church doctrine to go out and find sinners and minister to them. After the mass, Francis headed to an orphanage to meet with abandoned children and the sick.

Source: Fox News September 09, 2017 18:23 UTC