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With Pope Francis headed to Washington Tuesday for his first visit to the U.S., politicians and media commentators from all sides have tried to predict what the Catholic leader will say or do. But despite the tendency of American media to label the pope's view as either
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The eyes of the world will be on Pope Francis as he arrives in Cuba on Saturday to begin the first leg of his apostolic journey to North America. That the pontiff plans to visit the hemisphere's only one-party communist country just before he arrives in the U.
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HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban police detained two prominent dissidents who had been invited to Havana's cathedral for evening prayers with Pope Francis on Sunday, stopping them from seeing the pope for the second straight day, the women said. Miriam Leiva and Martha Beatriz Roque, two dissidents on the Communist-run
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NEW YORK (AP) — A soundtrack ranging from Mozart to "Motownphilly" has been created by a Notre Dame professor for Pope Francis' upcoming visit to the United States. The streaming music service Spotify reached out to Tim O'Malley, director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy,
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Written by David Gibson (RNS) — Figuring out why Pope Francis has upended so many expectations and what he might be contemplating for the future of the Catholic Church has become a parlor game almost as popular as the pontiff himself.
Fidel Castro
Written by Nicole Winfield and Michael Weissenstein HAVANA (AP) — Pope Francis flies to eastern Cuba on Monday for the next leg of his pilgrimage after having met with both Raul and Fidel Castro but missing out on an encounter with Cuban dissidents.
Faith
Written by Kimberly Winston (RNS) — He could have chosen Paul. Or Clement. Or Pius. Or even Innocent — all earlier popes, all well-known quantities.
Pope Francis
Written by Susan Miller At times, I have been a struggling Catholic, a joyful Catholic, a conflicted Catholic.
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