Global Church News

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  Care for environment is a moral duty, not a political football, bishop tells Americans

  Sep 24, 2015

  After Pope Francis insisted at the White House that the present moment is “critical” for addressing the threat of climate change, one bishop implored Americans to recognize environmental stewardship as a moral imperative.

  
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  Immigrants enrich America and the Church, Pope affirms

  Sep 24, 2015

  In the longest speech of his trip so far, Pope Francis on Wednesday praised U.S. bishops for their commitment to defending life, their handling of the clerical abuse crisis, and their welcome of immigrants, while urging them not to be afraid to do more.

  
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  Pope Francis to Obama: Religious freedom is beyond price

  Sep 24, 2015

  Pope Francis Wednesday reminded U.S. president Barack Obama that religious freedom is one of America's most “precious possessions,” while lauding the nation's Catholics their work toward a society marked by tolerance and inclusivity.

  
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  Pope welcomed to the United States by President, first lady

  Sep 23, 2015

  Pope Francis arrived to Washington, D.C., this afternoon as scheduled, to a warm welcome from Church leaders and President Barack Obama and his wife and daughters.

  
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  Pope Francis about to welcome big US crowds

  Sep 23, 2015

  The latest developments in Pope Francis' visit to the United States. All times local:

  
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  Pope Francis’ arrival in the U.S. is a low-key prelude to pageantry

  Sep 23, 2015

  Pope Francis landed to a red-carpet welcome on Tuesday as he opened his first visit to the United States determined to press the world’s last superpower to do more to care for the planet and its most marginalized inhabitants.

  
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  Previewing the Pope at the United Nations: a call to abandon no one

  Sep 23, 2015

  In his much anticipated speech at the United Nations headquarters to be delivered Friday, Pope Francis will likely call on the countries of the world not to abandon those who are, in any sense, in the peripheries.

  
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  Full transcript of Pope's in-flight interview from Cuba to US

  Sep 23, 2015

  Speaking to journalists aboard Tuesday's flight from Cuba to Joint Base Andrews, outside Washington, D.C., Pope Francis discussed his time in Cuba; the Church's social teaching, and personal freedoms in Cuba, as well as Cuba-United States relations.

  
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  En route to US, Pope Francis rejects 'left-leaning' accusations

  Sep 23, 2015

  On the papal flight from Cuba to Washington, D.C., where Pope Francis held the customary press conference with journalists on board, an Italian reporter posed a particularly tough question.

  
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  Pope: Families are the answer for the future

  Sep 23, 2015

  Pope Francis left Cuba tuesday after telling families that they are needed for the future, to save societies from people who haven’t learned how to be human.