Pope Francis Holds Mass in Gritty Mexico City Suburb

Hundreds of thousand of Catholic faithful gathered in a gritty Mexico City suburb Sunday to celebrate Mass with Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church. The pontiff's message, expected to be of hope and solidarity, takes place at an outdoor field in the city of Ecatepec. The city lies in the populous state of Mexico, a region plagued by warring drug cartels and infamous for a spate of disappearances of women, whose bodies have turned up in abandoned lots or...

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