Pope Francis, in Uganda to honor the memory of Christians killed in the 1800s, visits a slum and speaks out on the right to safe water and housing.
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Pope Francis brings climate warning to heart of Africa
He says letting special interests block a global climate agreement would be ‘catastrophic.’
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Episcopal Church will install 1st black national leader
Michael Curry will become presiding bishop during a time of ongoing tensions over social issues.
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By close vote, bishops welcome remarried Catholics
Pope Francis’ progressive attitude has opened the doors to divorced Catholics as well.
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Church must show mercy to divorced, pope insists
That’s his opening message to a bishops synod that will debate whether those who split up, and sometimes remarry, can take Communion.
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Obama will give pope a plane-side welcome
Francis will be just the third pope to visit the White House.
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Free tickets for pope’s Philadelphia speech sold online
Another 10,000 tickets will be available at 8 p.m. Wednesday for his Sept. 27 Mass, expected to draw more than 1.5 million people.
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Following own path, populist pope coming to America, at last
The Argentine-born Francis brings a different cultural perspective than that of his recent predecessors.
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Sisters of Mercy celebrate 150th anniversary in Maine
While their numbers are depleted, their legacy of compassion and community service endures at Mercy Hospital, Saint Joseph’s College, Catherine McAuley High School and across the state.
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Pope brings hope to Paraguay slum
He offers words of encouragement and faith, but his political, anti-capitalist message may have more lasting punch.