Pope Francis starts sees to Luxembourg and Belgium on a vacation to a diminishing group

Pope Francis is taking a trip to once-strong strongholds of Christianity in the heart of Europe to attempt to renew a Catholic group that is diminishing when faced with nonreligious patterns and misuse rumors that have actually mainly cleared the continent’s splendid basilicas and town churches. Francis is most likely to emphasize Europe’s function past, existing and future– especially as battle raves on European dirt– throughout his sees to Luxembourg and Belgium, where he gets here later on Thursday and remains with the weekend break. (AP video clip fired by Daniel Niemann)