Global Church News

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  Full text of Pope Francis' religious liberty address to Hispanics

  Sep 27, 2015

  Pope Francis met with the Hispanic community and other immigrants at Philadelphia's Independence Hall, where the United States Declaration of Independence and Constitution debated and adopted, this afternoon.

  
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  Pope Francis hailed for transcending liberal/conservative divide

  Sep 27, 2015

  Pope Francis rose above party politics and challenged lawmakers to a higher standard in his Thursday address to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress, Catholic members said.

  
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  Full text of Pope Francis' homily at Mass with clergy and religious

  Sep 27, 2015

  Pope Francis is now saying Mass at Philadelphia's Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul for clergy and religious, and has just delivered his homily.

  
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  Read the full text of Pope Francis' visit to a school in Harlem

  Sep 27, 2015

  Pope Francis visited Our Lady, Queen of the Angels school in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City on Sept. 25. Most of the school's students come from migrant families.

  
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  Never lose sight of your dreams, Pope tells Harlem schoolkids

  Sep 26, 2015

  When Martin Luther King, Jr. uttered his famous line “I have a dream”, he was thinking of you.

  
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  How the Pope used the environment to preach to the UN

  Sep 26, 2015

  Pope Francis’ appeal to the United Nations General Assembly to care for both the environment and the human person was actually a deft move to introduce more Church teaching to the body, a U.N. expert explained.

  
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  Full Text: Pope Francis' speech at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum

  Sep 26, 2015

  Pope Francis visited "Ground Zero" at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City on Sept. 25, 2015.

  
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  Full Text: Pope Francis' address to the United Nations General Assembly

  Sep 26, 2015

  Read the full text of Pope Francis' address to the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 25, 2015, here.

  
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  Our brother, the Pope – Bishop Conley on the papal visit thus far

  Sep 26, 2015

  Bishop James Conley says that Pope Francis' mandate to go beyond the narrow confines of own worlds is a challenge, but not one without encouragement from their brotherly shepherd.

  
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  Read the full text of Pope Francis' address to US Congress

  Sep 25, 2015

  Please find below the full text of Pope Francis' Sept. 24 address to members of the United States Congress.