Bishop Robert Barron: Pope Francis was the 'pope of mercy' Bishop Robert Barron reflects on how Pope Francis tried to lead people to God on 'Special Report.' NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Every year on Palm Sunday, we read, in the Catholic liturgy , one of the great Passion narratives from the Synoptic Gospels. This year, it is St. Matthew's. There are a number of distinctive features in Matthew's account, but the most distinctive and interesting, for me, is the evangelist's