‘I believe that today there is, in fact, a need for everyone to work to change the world situation, which is a situation of grave wounds, of grave conflict.’
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Meet Pope Francis’ surprising pick to lead the Archdiocese of Newark
Archbishop Tobin is a man of simple lifestyle, committed to dialogue, encounter and the poor.
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Days before the U.S. election, Pope Francis warns against the politics of fear
Many of the themes the pope touched on have played out in debates between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
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Today, Pope Francis celebrated Mass with 1,000 prisoners at the Vatican
“I tell you that every time I enter a prison I ask myself, ‘Why them, not me?’”
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Pope Francis denounces the ‘basic terrorism’ of a global economy built on exclusion and war
“We must help to heal the world of its moral atrophy,” the pope said at the World Meeting of Popular Movements.
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Will the U.K. parliament get its own Brexit vote?
What we thought was the probable next stage in the process to disentangle the United Kingdom from the European Union has been blocked by the court.
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Los Angeles contemplates a radical investment in housing
Under Proposition HHH, nearly $1.2 billion would go toward 10,000 “permanent supportive housing” units.
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On the U.S.-Mexico border, Catholics get out the vote
“Hispanics in this area have not always felt that their voices have been recognized or heard…the push is, if we don’t vote, we will remain invisible.”
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Today’s Forecast, Cloudy with a Chance of Parousia
An apparent overnight rapture has claimed most residents of the neighborhoods surrounding Wrigley Field.
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While French authorities clear out a migrant camp, U.K. politicians stall on response to child migrants
French authorities’ move to shut down the camp put further pressure on the British government to accept more refugees, especially unaccompanied children.