Verbatim: What Merkel, Assad, Pope Francis And Little Maria's Mother Said This Week

Over the past week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacted to the newest U.S. spy revelations that suggested her personal cell phone was targeted, and Pope Francis struck a strong note after the suspension of a bishop who lived a breathtakingly extravagant lifestyle. Meanwhile, the biological mother of the little Roma girl named Maria was found. Read what she and other global newsmakers had to say.

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