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crime

Pope in Mexico condemns drug trade’s ‘dealers of death’

ECATEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Pope Francis condemned the drug trade's "dealers of death" and urged Mexicans to shun the devil's lust for money as he led a huge open-air Mass for more than 300,000 people Sunday in this violence-riddled city. "Let us get

Democrat

Catholic Republicans vying for place in history

Update: This article has been edited to reflect the news that New Jersey governor Chris Christie suspended his campaign Feb. 10. There are approximately 81.6 million Catholics in the United States, comprising about 25 percent of the U.S. population.

Abortion

5 faith facts about Carly Fiorina: ‘What you make of yourself is your gift to God’

(RNS) — GOP presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina has been forthright about faith long before — and during — her campaign. Indeed, after rival Ben Carson said a Muslim should not be president, Fiorina told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, "I think that's wrong. I actually believe that people of

Russia

Putin may benefit from meeting of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill

VATICAN CITY/MOSCOW (Reuters) — A meeting between Pope Francis and Russia's Orthodox Patriarch Kirill on Friday could not happen without a green light from President Vladimir Putin, diplomats and analysts say, and he may be one the beneficiaries. In a landmark step towards healing the 1,000-year-old rift

Faith

Ash Wednesday and the gift of Lent

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the Christian season of suffering, repentance, and for some, the purgatorial path to redemption. For Christians, the gift of Christ's suffering and the sacrifice of the Cross is the seminal event in the road to eternal salvation. On Ash Wednesday, we

Faith

5 faith facts about Jeb Bush: Catholicism ‘resonated with me’

(RNS) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush may be seeing the bold exclamation point wilt in his Jeb! posters. Like his Republican brethren, Catholic convert Jeb Bush, who turns 63 on Feb. 11, 2016, is chasing the conservative Christian vote in the primaries. But unlike evangelical Sen. senator Ted Cruz, fellow

Faith

Despite apology, professor Larycia Hawkins leaves Wheaton College

Wheaton College professor Larycia Hawkins, who faced termination from her tenured post at the evangelical school for publicly saying Christians and Muslims worship the "same God," has announced in a joint statement with the college that she will leave. The statement on Wheaton's website referred to

GOP

Cruz faces tough sledding in least-religious NH, Gallup shows

One reason Ted Cruz, the Republican Iowa caucus winner last week, isn't faring as well in New Hampshire polling may be because the Texas senator's appeal to evangelical Christian voters falls largely on deaf ears. The Granite State is the least devout place in the U.