The harrowing plight of the Tuam babies — the hundreds of Irish children who were buried in a mass grave on the grounds of a Catholic Church-run "mother and baby" home — has gotten on the agenda of Pope Francis' visit to Ireland.
Ireland's minister for children, Katherine Zappone, spoke to the pope about the Tuam home Saturday on the first day of his two-day trip to Ireland. Neither Zappone's spokesman nor the Vatican revealed the contents of the conversation, but the Vatican spokesman said it concerned the Tuam home and Francis said her words "still echo in my ears