Pope Francis kicked off the Catholic Church's 'World Youth Day' summit by meeting with sexual abuse survivors.
, meeting with sex abuse survivors behind closed doors on the first day of the summit.
CBS News met a group of kids from Norwalk, California — members of the St. John of God Parish from the Los Angeles archdiocese. Each of them had to raise $3,500 to get to World Youth Day.Some have parents without legal residency documents in the U.S., and all of them have dealt with hardships. Pope Francis and Scholas Occurrentes director Jose Maria del Corral take part in a meeting with young members of Scholas Occurrentes educational foundation, during the pope's five-day visit to attend the World Youth Day gathering of young Catholics, in Cascais, Portugal, August 3, 2023."He realizes that we're all one people," said George's friend Andres."There's no real borders in Christ. There's just — there's people. There's love.
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