The Pope's rope-a-dope open borders screed.

KRAKOW, Poland (AP) -- Pope Francis encouraged hundreds of thousands of young people at a global gathering Sunday to "believe in a new humanity" that is stronger than evil and refuses to see borders as barriers.

His appeal came at the end of World Youth Day, a weeklong event held in southern Poland this year that draws young Catholics from around the world every two to three years to a different country for a spiritual pep rally.

The youth gathering was Francis' main focus during his pilgrimage to Poland, but over five days in this deeply Catholic nation he also prayed in silence at the former Nazi Auschwitz death camp and implored God to keep away a devastating wave...READ MORE