Articles tagged as Pope-francis

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  Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Gets Political in New Book

  Retired pope illustrates the relationship between faith and politics in highly anticipated new book that features a foreword from Pope Francis.

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  Catholic Groups Launch Conversation about Female Deacons

  Their actions follow the appointment of a panel of experts set up by Pope Francis to consider the controversial question.

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  Pope Appears to Back Native Tribes in Dakota Pipeline Conflict

  Thousands of tribe members, environmentalists and others set up camps last year on Army Corps land in the North Dakota plains as protests intensified.

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  Pope Francis, Visiting Auschwitz, Asks God for the ‘Grace to Cry’

  Pope Francis walked in the footsteps of his two predecessors as he visited the former extermination camp at Auschwitz, where he paid silent homage to the more than one million victims.

• What are Three Hare Krishna Doing at the Vatican?

  By Rome Reports.

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  A Hindu Reflection on Pope's Climate Change Encyclical

  As Pope Francis stated in his recent Encyclical on climate change, the reality of climate change "represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day."

• Religions for Peace New Faiths for Earth Campaign

  Religions for Peace is the world's largest and most representative multi-religious coalition dedicated to advancing common action among the world religious communities for peace. Religions for Peace works to transform violent conflict, advance human development, promote just and harmonious societies, and protect the earth. The global Religions for Peace network comprises a World Council of senior religious leaders from all regions of the world; six regional inter-religious bodies and more than ninety national ones; and the Global Women of Faith Network and Global Interfaith Youth Network.

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  Pope Francis Declares Evolution and Big Bang Theory Are Real

  “When we read about Creation, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so,” Francis said.

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  Vatican Panel Clears John Paul II for Sainthood

  Pope John Paul II has cleared the final obstacle before being made a saint, awaiting just the final approval from Pope Francis.

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  Francis 'Will Open Files on Hitler's Pope', Says Friend
  Decades of doubt over the role played by "Hitler's Pope" under the Fascist regimes in Italy and Germany during the 1930s and 1940s may be answered if Pope Francis, as a close friend has suggested, opens the Vatican archives.
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  Pope Francis Doubles His Twitter Flock
  The account @pontifex - the word "pope" in Latin - has tweets in nine languages including English, Spanish, Arabic and Latin. They are snippets of religious instruction rather than insights into the pontiff's daily life.
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  Pope Francis Calls on Catholics to Leave Their Comfort Zone
  In his first general audience since his election to the papacy, Pope Francis on Wednesday (March 27) urged Catholics to leave their comfort zone to search for “lost sheep.”