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Pope Francis and other Christian leaders on Friday inaugurate the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity with the celebration of evening Vespers in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, Vatican News reported.

Pope Francis said Thursday the Word of God is not ideology but it is life that makes us grow.

Pope Francis points out that Jesus was a refugee too in his preface to 'Lights on the Ways of Hope', a collection of his teachings on migrants, refugees and the victims of human trafficking.

The faithful should pray to God like a child speaking to his father, calling Him "Dad, Daddy", Pope Francis told his general audience on Wednesday. The pope also appealed for Christian unity saying that ecumenism was not optional.

Pope Francis on Friday visited the cloistered nuns at Spello near Perugia in Umbria, the Vatican said.

Pope Francis said pedophilia was one of the worst crimes it is possible to commit during an audience with the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See on Monday.