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Pope Francis in the U.S.

October 12, 2015

Vol. 213 / No. 10

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Of Other Things
Angela Alaimo O'DonnellSeptember 29, 2015

On March 13, 2013, when Francis was elected pope.

Signs Of the Times
Judith ValenteSeptember 29, 2015

There is no standard procedure, no moral road map, for those left behind.

TOUR DE FRANCIS. The pope on his way to the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families.
Signs Of the Times

As the end of a memorable and historic visit with the neighboring people of the United States and Cuba, Pope Francis closed out the 2015 World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia on Sept. 27 with a Mass along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway that was attended by hundreds of thousands.It had been a

TASKMASTER. Pope Francis gets a lesson on the environment in East Harlem.
Signs Of the Times

‘We can find no social or moral justification, no justification whatsoever, for lack of housing,” Pope Francis told hundreds of homeless people in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24. He met them in the 220-year-old Church of Saint Patrick and told them, “There are many unjust situations

GREETINGS FROM THE UNITED NATIONS. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes Pope Francis.
Signs Of the Times

Whether they are dealing with war, development, the economy or environmental concerns, bureaucrats and diplomats must always remember that the lives of real children, women and men are at stake, Pope Francis told the United Nations. Helping to celebrate the organization’s 70th anniversary, Pop

FRANCIS ON FIFTH AVENUE. Members of the Missionaries of Charity cheer as Pope Francis arrives at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
Signs Of the Times

Pope Francis urged the hundreds of thousands of people gathered for the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families on Sept. 27 to serve and care for each other as freely as God loves the human family.The pope called upon the faithful to embrace signs that the Holy Spirit can work through everyone

MAKING HISTORY. Pope Francis addresses a joint session of Congress in the House chamber in Washington on Sept. 24.
Signs Of the Times

Francis, the first pope ever to address the United States Congress, provoked sustained applause by his very first words, expressing his gratitude for the invitation to address this joint session of Congress in “the land of the free and the home of the brave.”Many veteran politicians, inc