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US Jesuits speak of Pope Francis’ ‘servant leadership’

Oct 01, 2015

Jesuit Fr Hernan Paredes recalled a roommate from the early 1980s, who “was ready to do our laundry, ready to cook for us ... ready to embrace us, cry with us.”
Pope, ‘son of immigrant family,’ tells Obama he’s ready to learn in US

Oct 01, 2015

Pope Francis introduced himself to President Barack Obama and all the people of the United States as the “son of an immigrant family” arriving in the United States for the first time to learn from others and to share from his own experience.
Pope Francis in the US on a six-day city visit

Oct 01, 2015

Pope Francis arrived in the United States the late afternoon of Sept 22 to begin his first apostolic journey as pontiff.
Pope Francis in the US on a six-day city visit

Oct 01, 2015

Pope Francis arrived in the United States the late afternoon of Sept 22 to begin his first apostolic journey as pontiff.
Pope Francis reportedly met with Kim Davis, offered support

Oct 01, 2015

Embattled county clerk Kim Davis met with Pope Francis in Washington, D.C. last Thursday, her lawyer has told multiple media outlets.
Catechists as "living witnesses" of God to form good people in society

Sep 30, 2015

Teaching catechism "is a gift of God. It is also a commitment to create good people in society. It is a service undertaken with pleasure, not work, that leads all catechists to personal growth.
Pope Francis met Argentine family who travelled 11,000 miles to Philadelphia

Sep 30, 2015

The Holy See press officer explained on Sunday that that morning Pope Francis had met with the Walkers, a family from Argentina who travelled in a VW camper van to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families.
What's it like to play for the Pope? Here's how one Catholic artist described it

Sep 30, 2015

Performing for Pope Francis at Saturday’s Festival of Families in Philadelphia was an answer to prayer for musician Marie Miller, but getting a personal thumbs-up from him surely helped confirm it.
Catalan bishops: Church can't make specific proposals on independence from Spain

Sep 30, 2015

The Catalan regional bishops conference last Tuesday issued a statement ahead of Sunday's regional election – widely seen as an informal referendum on independence – saying the Church will not propose specifics, but can agree with positions that have “moral legitimacy.”
Pope appeals for life of Georgia death row inmate, but parole board rejects

Sep 30, 2015

The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles has declined to commute the death sentence of a local woman scheduled to be executed tonight, despite a plea from Pope Francis to do so.