Kentucky Roman Catholic priest Jim Sichko visits the Vatican often as one of Pope Francis' missionaries of mercy and he often brings the pontiff gifts. Last year, Sichko asked to the pope to sign some bottles of bourbon. He later auctioned them for charity.

Millions of people across Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada are feeling the effects of a massive snowstorm that prompted road and school closures and grounded flights, stranding air passengers across Canada,