Pope Francis thanks UN workers

NEW YORK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Pope Francis is thanking United Nations employees for work he says makes “possible many of the diplomatic, cultural, economic and political initiatives” of the world body.
Speaking to about 400 staffers in the lobby of the U.N.’s New York headquarters, the pope praised the contributions of everyone from officials to cooks, fieldworkers to maintenance workers.
He encouraged them all to “be close to one another, respect one another” and e