article_snippet: Pope Francis (pictured) has at times expressed alarm over the rise of Islamic State militants and the plight of Christians in the Middle East .
article_snippet: Pope Francis has at times expressed alarm over the rise of .
article_snippet: Islamic State militants and the plight of Christians in the .
article_snippet: Pope Francis has said that the international community would be .
article_snippet: outside a church and to include women and Muslims, which has .
article_snippet: upset conservative Catholics.