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A firefighter places a wreath at the foot of a tall statue of Mary overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome Dec. 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Rome's firefighters have observed the tradition every year since 1857. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
The pope appealed to Our Lady to teach people to care for others “without egoistic interests or hypocrisy.”
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
A new statement is seemingly at odds with Pope Francis’ famous “Who am I to judge?” response when asked about gay priests in 2013.
A journalist uses a tablet to photograph Pope Francis as he answers questions from journalists aboard his flight from Malmo, Sweden, to Rome Nov. 1. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
To bring someone's past into public view “is a sin and does harm,” the pope said.
The Man Down Under? The Prime Minister of Australia, The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, addressing the luncheon © Knowledge Society 2015. Photograph by Rick Stevens.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jim McDermott
Members of Mr. Turnbull’s government have taken to sounding downright Trumpian in recent days.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Stewart
The continent ends the year much as it began: in disarray, devoid of any vision for the future and united in hardly any sense at all.
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
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