Hope in Christ, Pope Francis urges religious education conference. Pope Francis talks to young people in St. Peter’s Basilica, March 15, 2022. / Vatican Media. Orange, Calif., Mar 18, 2022 / 11:22 am (CNA). Pope Francis encouraged those participating in the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress to hope in Christ’s mercy and to be outgoing, in a video message sent to the conference Friday. “The theme of the Congress, ‘Living waters of hope’, invites us to constantly renew ourselves in the water and blood that flow from the heart of Jesus, as wellsprings of mercy for the entire world. Without…