Pope Francis revealed that following a speech he delivered to the European Parliament in which he described Europe as “haggard” and “now a ‘grandmother’, no longer fertile and vibrant.” Speaking to Italian daily Corriere della Sera in the Feb. 8 report, Francis said he an angry phone call from German Chancellor Angela Merkel after the 2014 speech. He told the newspaper, “She was a bit angry because I had compared Europe to a barren woman, incapable of producing children.” MORE