Popes don’t invite themselves to a country; they are invited. "His father passed away recently, he was atheist, but he had all four of his children christened, he was a good man and he asked if he was in heaven. In the Spring of 2014 , the Catholic publisher Ignatius Press featured nine books by or about Pope Francis in their catalog, from

The Way of Humility: Corruption and Sin & On Self-Accusation

Francis: Pope of a New World by

Ignatius also advertised a "Pope Francis Portrait," the "Pope Francis Rosary" and the DVD, Who is Pope Francis: The Life and Message of Pope Francis. And if you think there are good reasons to think that Francis said something with which a faithful Catholic can disagree, you should be honest about that. This motion is as much moral censure a la Mr. Kenny’s speech as it is a political response to the Reconciliation Commission’s recommendation that the pontiff be invited to do so on Canadian soil.
Pope Francis comforts a crying boy in San Paolo della Croce, Rome, by telling him his recently-deceased father, an atheist, will have ascended to heaven on the basis his father had "a good heart".