Pope Francis laments Europe's 'anaesthetised conscience' over refugees

Pontiff uses Good Friday address to denounce indifference to suffering, after washing feet of Muslim refugees at a shelter near Rome Pope Francis decried what he called Europe's "indifferent and anaesthetised conscience" over refugees, during Good Friday prayers in Rome during which he also criticised pedophile priests, arms dealers and fundamentalists. Tens of thousands of Catholic faithful gathered for the service at the city's Colosseum, where thousands of Christians are believed to have been...