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Josephine McKenna - Religion News Service
The congregation shouted “Shame, shame!” at the Rev. Edward Pushparaj when he said Pope Francis had only been “bad” for the Catholic Church.
Six brand new washers and dryers donated by Whirlpool are featured at the Pope Francis Laundry facility in Rome, a new laundromat opened April 10 by the Papal Almoner's Office for the city's homeless. (CNS photo/courtesy of the Papal Almoner's Office)
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Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
The "Lavanderia di Papa Francesco" ("Pope Francis Laundry") is a free service "offered to the poorest people."
Mourners attend the April 10 funeral for victims of a bomb attack the previous day at the Orthodox Church of St. George in Tanta, Egypt.  (CNS photo/Mohamed Hossam, EPA)
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Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
Despite recent and repeated terrorist attacks against Egypt's minority Christian communities, Pope Francis will not cancel his visit to Egypt.
Pope Francis passes a sign placed by the Order of Malta as he greets the crowd during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 5. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) 
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Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Humility, courage and openness are crucial in creating harmony between social, scientific and political bodies, the pope said.
Women cry during the funeral for those killed in a Palm Sunday church attack in Alexandria Egypt, at the Mar Amina church, on Monday, April 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Samer Abdallah)
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Brian Rohan, Associated Press
Women wailed as caskets marked with the word "martyr" were brought into the St. Mina monastery in Alexandria.
Relatives and onlookers gather outside a church after a bomb attack in the Nile Delta town of Tanta, Egypt, Sunday, April 9, 2017. The attack took place on Palm Sunday, the start of the Holy Week leading up to Easter, when the church in the Nile Delta town of Tanta was packed with worshippers. (AP Photo/Ahmed Hatem)
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Daniela Petroff - Associated PressHamza Hendawi - Associated Press
Pope Francis asked God "to convert the hearts of those who spread terror, violence and death, and also the hearts of those who make, and traffic in, weapons."