Archbishop Jason Gordon said if Pope Francis had contemplated Trinidad and Tobago, he would have looked at the racism, despair and negativity in the society and reminded people that they were all brothers and sisters.

Speaking at the requiem mass for Pope Francis on April 25 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Independence Square, Port of Spain, he said there were several issues Francis would comment on.

“He certainly would turn his gaze to racism and say, ‘No we are brothers and sisters all. We come on different ships as Black Stalin would say but we came to this one place. We might have had a different trip but we all make up one beautiful twin island republic we call Trinidad and Tobago.