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Written by David Gibson (RNS) In two wide-ranging new interviews, the pontiff discusses matters both weighty and personal, such as: the perils of his popularity, his plans to welcome divorced and remarried Catholics, and his fear that the church has locked Jesus up like a prisoner.
Pope Francis
Cashing in on Francis The Papal visit to the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia has fallen prey to scalpers who scooped up a chunk of the free-but-scarce 10,000 tickets available to the public for several events. One seller — James Fortner of Glassboro, N.J., — told the Wilmington, Del.
holiday
Written by Lauren Markoe (RNS) Sabrina Malach acknowledges that she once felt some "Jewish guilt" about her honeybees.
Israel
Written by Michele Chabin / USA Today EFRAT, West Bank — When Mordechai Reich moved to this Jewish settlement seven miles south of Jerusalem in 1994, he wanted to study in a yeshiva, or seminary. He stayed in Efrat, once part of the biblical land of Israel, because he felt he could
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city
Written by Rosie Scammell VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis on Wednesday (Sept. 2) told his followers to clamber down from their lofty skyscrapers, reclaim public spaces and rejoin communities.
marriage
(Reuters) The stars of the reality television show "Sister Wives" used the U.S. Supreme Court's recent same-sex marriage ruling to support their case against Utah's polygamy ban, court records show. The filing with the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by Kody
hospital
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) Veteran South African anti-apartheid activist, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, was responding well to a two-week intravenous antibiotic course and could be discharged from hospital at the end of next week, Tutu's daughter said on Thursday (Aug. 27). The 83-year-old, who used the pulpit to preach against