Pope Francis on Respecting Each Other's Religion
BLACKWELL: Our coverage continues now on the terror cells, in just a moment, but first, another development story we are covering. Pope Francis is forced to cut a visit in the Philippines short because of an approaching typhoon. We got the site earlier this morning in Tacloban where Pope Francis delivered mass to thousands. You see him here and before he had to leave Manila hours earlier than expected because of typhoon that created very dangerous traveling conditions.</s>PAUL: Well, on this trip now, the pope spoke about free speech, talked about the Paris terror attacks and he told journalists on this flight, "If a friend says a swear word against my mother, then a punch awaits him. But it's normal, it's normal. One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people's faith. One cannot make fun of faith." Now, with that, the pope did also stress that there was no justification for the killing of 17 people.</s>BLACKWELL: All right, Anna Coren joins us now from the Philippines and Anna, obviously that comment about a punch awaits him has stirred some thoughts and emotions for a lot of people. What was Pope Francis getting at there?</s>ANNA COREN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Look, the Vatican was very quick to clear that up, Victor. They said, this is kind of his free style conversational type of speech. It is not to be distorted or manipulated, whatsoever. The pope was speaking to journalist on a flight from Sri Lanka to the Philippines here, and he was making reference to obviously how, you know, these things can stir emotions within people. By no means was he justifying terror or violence. Justifying the attacks, definitely not. He has spoken out about violence and certainly about terror. Not just in Paris, but worldwide. So, the Vatican once again, making it perfectly clear that Pope Francis definitely does not justify the people's intention to kill.</s>PAUL: And a lot of people have conversations wondering where Muslim leaders are in condemning these attacks. Did the pope address that at all?</s>COREN: Look, the pope has shown solidarity with other leaders here. And, you know, this is a very emotional time for everybody involved of all different religions. Certainly, the pope has spoken about that during his trip here to the Philippines about respecting other religions, other cultures and not mocking, which perhaps there are many people who believe that's what exactly happened with the "Charlie Hebdo" newspaper. But certainly, as far as the pope is concerned, he wants to see peace in the world. He doesn't condone violence, whatsoever and he's spoken out, you know, vigorously in relation to these terror attacks.</s>PAUL: Already. Anna Coren, we appreciate it so much. Thank you.</s>BLACKWELL: Thank you, Anna. Right now, the hunt is on, of course, across Europe for suspected terrorists who may be on the run. Coming up, more about what law enforcement says are these possible additional 20 sleeper cells ready to strike.</s>PAUL: And some of those cells may include Westerners who went to Syria to join ISIS and are now back home. What can be done to keep more young people from becoming ISIS - inspired Jihadists? We're digging into that.