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Look for a ‘Francis effect’ at the voting booth, not in the pews
Written by Cathy Lynn Grossman (RNS) — After any pope visits the U.S., pollsters try to measure his impact by tracking Catholic Mass attendance.
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Pope to give 4 speeches in English in US, rest in Spanish
Written by Nicole Winfield VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will deliver only four out of his 18 speeches in the U.S. in English, using his native Spanish for the vast majority of his homilies, greetings and other speaking engagements in his three-city U.S. tour, the Vatican said Tuesday.
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Pope Francis: ‘Jesus was popular and look how that turned out’
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.
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POPE WATCH: Mass scalpers; Stephen Colbert’s ‘Catholic Night’
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.
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Pope speeds up, simplifies process for marriage annulments
Written by Nicole Winfield VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis radically reformed the Catholic Church's process for annulling marriages Tuesday, allowing for fast-track decisions and removing automatic appeals in a bid to speed up and simplify the procedure.
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The Pope heads to Washington: a rundown on the 2015 papal visit
For the first time in his life, Pope Francis is headed to the U.S. later this month for a three-city tour. His schedule includes stops in Washington, D.C., from Sept. 22-Sept. 24, New York City from Sept 24-26 and Philadelphia from Sept 26-28.
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Israeli president hopes Pope Francis can be a ‘bridge’ for peace
(JNS.org) Israeli President Reuven Rivlin met with Pope Francis on Thursday at the Vatican, where Rivlin praised the pontiff's ability to bring people together and hoped that he could act as a bridge for Middle East peace. "I said to the Pope that I see in
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Pope Francis to city dwellers: ‘Come down from the towers’
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.
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