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Pope Francis enters Egypt at a time of intense conflict between religion and politics
This weekend, Pope Francis meets in Cairo with Al-Azhar’s grand imam, Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, their second meeting in a historic initiative to improve Muslim-Christian dialogue.
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Pope Francis supports Canadian bishops in fight against euthanasia
Ontario bishops spoke particularly about concerns that proposed Ontario laws and policies surrounding euthanasia currently offer no real guarantees of the freedom of doctors and nurses to conscientiously object to actively helping a person die.
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Pope Francis urges a “revolution of tenderness” in new TED Talk
Pope Francis asked all people to work toward a future that lifts up society’s most marginalized, including migrants, the sick, the unemployed and prisoners.
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Why one Italian bishop is answering pope’s call to evangelize abroad
Bishop Gianfranco Todisco said he wrote to the pope last year saying he wanted to return to his work as a missionary.
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Pope will travel to Egypt as a ‘messenger of peace’
“I hope that this visit will be an embrace of consolation and of encouragement to all Christians in the Middle East,” the pope said.
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Pope pays tribute to modern martyrs, calls for witnesses of God’s love
At Rome’s Basilica of St. Bartholomew, a shrine to modern martyrs, Pope Francis presided over an evening prayer service April 22, honoring Christians killed under Nazism, communism, dictatorships and terrorism.
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Pope Francis in Egypt: seeking better relations with the Muslim world
Pope Francis will be in Egypt for two days beginning on April 28.
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Pope Francis’ goals for Egypt trip: Strengthening weary Christians and reaching out to all
Pope Francis “will affirm that there is a certain solidarity among Christians” and that “we are all related together by Jesus.”
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Bill O’Reilly meets Pope Francis. How did that happen?
Bill O’Reilly, a Catholic, who last year challenged the pope’s views on immigration and promised to convince him of the need for reform, shook hands briefly with the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics at the Vatican.