La Repubblica also quotes Francis as saying, “We must knock down the walls that divide.”
Pope Francis
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A contender for U.S. bishops’ top spot calls for greater protection for the undocumented.
“In our country, we need to start building bridges and bringing people together.”
Posted inEditorials, Faith
The Year of Mercy is ending, but the work of mercy goes on.
As this year ends, it is crucial that we not shut the door—holy or otherwise—on the needs of those around us.
Posted inCurrent Comment, Faith
Why Pope Francis updated the beatitudes
Blessed are those who look into the eyes of the abandoned and marginalized and show them their closeness.
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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?’”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
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.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: Why Pope Francis’ comments on women’s ordination are both business as usual and a big deal
Why Pope Francis’ comments are both business as usual and something worth talking about.
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Discerning a New Role
“Well, she read in the newspaper that you pick up after yourself and you cook your own food and wash your own clothes,” Archbishop Tobin recalled telling him. “She’s had it up to here with the sort of monarchic church!”The future pope laughed, and the remarks apparently