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Francis concludes his four-day visit to the region's only predominately Catholic country advocating for the poor and warning against the government's "insidious" family planning program.

Francis led a prayer in memory of the thousands killed in 2013 by Typhoon Haiyan — the strongest cyclone ever to make landfall.

Francis, on the second day of his visit to the predominately Catholic nation, called for families to be "sanctuaries of respect for life."

Francis said there are limits to freedom of speech, especially when it concerns religion. He was answering a question about the deadly attack last week on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Security for the visit is intense, because the last two pontiffs to tour the country were targeted for assassination.

Francis is in Asia on a six-day tour intended to build the Roman Catholic Church's following on a continent that holds 60 percent of the world's population but only 12 percent of Catholics.

In Paris, President François Hollande honored three police officers who were killed. In Jerusalem, the victims of an attack on a kosher market were buried.

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Paris on Sunday in a show of unity and defiance after deadly terrorist attacks in the French capital. The day ended in the city's main synagogue.

Jacki talks to NPR's Philip Martin from Baltimore, where the NAACP opened its 91st National Convention today. Delegates are calling for more attention to criminal justice issues, racial profiling and economic inequality. Outside the convention, protesters demonstrated over the NAACP's support for removing the Confederate Flag from the South Carolina Statehouse.

Robert Siegel and Melissa Block take a moment to remember the 12 victims of Wednesday's shooting in Paris.