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How Pope Francis can reinvigorate the church
Newly elected Pope Francis represents change in many respects. He is the first pope from the New World (and the first from outside of Europe in 1,200 years), the first Jesuit and the first Francis. But for American Catholics, who in poll after poll in...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Vatican City, Environmental Politics, Argentina, AIDS
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Catholic laity needs to be heard in selection of new pope
Since the resignation of Pope Benedict, we have been treated to the truly tawdry spectacle of life in the Vatican at this time in history. There are stories of Papal shoes, rings, palaces and castles. We see pictures of old men dressed in ecclesiastical...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Roman Catholicism, Roger M. Mahony, Christianity, Benedict XVI
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Hundreds join archbishop for Mass to celebrate Pope Francis
Three deer scurried past the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen as Steve Thomas and his wife, Debbie, arrived for Sunday Mass to celebrate the new spiritual leader for Roman Catholics worldwide, Pope Francis. The symbolism struck the Arbutus man, who said the...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Human Rights, Lent, Steve Thomas, William E. Lori
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Chicago's first archbishop was 'good prelate, good man'
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen the president of All Hallows College in Ireland saw the regal man on the framed canvas, he knew the portrait buried in a Dublin basement should head home to Chicago. The painting of Patrick Feehan, Chicago's first Roman Catholic archbishop,...Tags: Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, Great Chicago Fire (1871), Roman Catholicism, Separation of Church and State, Holy Name Cathedral
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Kindergarten conclave ends in Roanoke
They took a little longer than the College of Cardinals in Rome, but young students in Roanoke have concluded their "Kindergarten Conclave." We visited a classroom at Roanoke Catholic School earlier this week as the balloting began. Even after the...
Tags: Schools, Preschools, Roman Catholicism, Rome (Italy), Christianity
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Pope Francis to cardinals: Beware pessimism
ROME -- Pope Francis urged cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church never to give in to pessimism, telling them Friday that they had crucial wisdom to pass on to the young, which he compared to “good wine” that gets better with time. In his...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Benedict XVI, Papal Conclave (2013), Francis I
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Selection of pope offers a study in social choice theory
What if we chose the pope by rock, paper, scissors? To scholars such as Iain McLean, that’s a real mathematical and sociological question, and it isn’t as far from the choosing of a pope as you might think. McLean, a professor of...
Tags: The Pope, Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Vatican City, Papal Conclave (2013)
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Pope Francis delivers stern message to cardinals at Sistine Chapel
VATICAN CITY -- In his first mass as head of the Roman Catholic church, Pope Francis delivered a stern homily in the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals had elected him as the 266th pope a day earlier. Stressing the power of prayer, Francis told the...
Tags: Jesus Christ, Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal, Benedict XVI
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Cardinal George surprised by the choice -- and the name
Tribune reporterRoman Catholics in the Archdiocese of Chicago for the first time during Mass on Sunday will be asked to pray for Francis the bishop in Chicago and Francis the pope in Rome. "That was a complete surprise he would choose that name," Cardinal Francis...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Papal Conclave (2013), Francis I
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New Pope brings joy, surprise
RAPID CITY, S.D. - After five rounds of voting over two days, the College of Cardinals has selected a new leader of the Catholic Church. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now known as Pope Francis, is the first Latin American pope in history, and the first to take...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Papal Conclave (2013), Argentina, Francis I
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Francis, a pope of firsts
The election of a new pope is primarily of interest to Roman Catholics, for whom the bishop of Rome is the Vicar of Christ and the keeper of the keys to heaven. But there is a reason, other than a fascination with history and pageantry, that the wider...
Tags: Religious Leaders, Roman Catholicism, Human Rights, Argentina, The Pope
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New pope: Chicago reacts with hope and joy
Tribune reportersFrom Catholic parishes to university common rooms to the streets outside parochial schools, Chicagoans celebrated the selection of Argentinean Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the new pope and pondered how his diverse background might impact their...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Belief and Faith, Roman Catholicism, Separation of Church and State, Pilsen
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