VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Children may say the darnedest things, but when it comes to questions about faith they can make even the most learned parents and priests pause.
"These are tough," Pope Francis said when presented with questions from 30 children from around the world.
Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro, who went through the questions with the pope, said half the time he personally was stumped when thinking about how he would have responded. But the pope wasn't.
The questions, illustrated with the drawings of the children aged 6-13, and the pope's answers will be published March 1 as the book "Dear Pope Francis."
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