Washington crowds cheer pope; he calls for climate action
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Plunging headlong into the issues of the day, Pope Francis opened his visit to the United States with a strong call Wednesday for action to combat climate change, calling it a...
View ArticleNewly named Saint Serra a controversial figure in U.S. history
By Scott Malone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pope Francis took one of the most controversial steps of his U.S. visit on Wednesday when he canonized an 18th-century missionary known by admirers as the...
View ArticlePope Francis' First Whirlwind Day In U.S. Focused On Climate Change,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cheered by jubilant crowds across the nation's capital, Pope Francis forged common cause Wednesday with President Barack Obama on climate change, immigration and inequality, as the...
View ArticleCorrection: Pope story
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a story Sept. 25 about Pope Francis' visit to Washington, The Associated Press incorrectly spelled the last name of a guest at the White House. The guest's name is Nigel Stacey,...
View ArticlePapa! Pope stirs excitement in DC, calls for climate action
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Cheered by jubilant crowds across the nation's capital, Pope Francis forged common cause Wednesday with President Barack Obama on climate change, immigration and inequality, as the...
View ArticleFrancis arrives at the White House as thousands cheer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mustering all the pageantry the White House has to offer, President Barack Obama welcomed Pope Francis to Washington on Wednesday. The pope arrived before an adoring crowd of 15,000...
View ArticlePresident Barack Obama welcomes Pope Francis in US
WASHINGTON: Mustering all the pageantry the White House has to offer, President Barack Obama welcomed Pope Francis to Washington on Wednesday. The pope arrived before an adoring crowd of 15,000 and a...
View ArticlePope Francis, US president Obama to seek common ground in Oval Office visit
In a moment weaving together strands of politics, religion and emotion, Pope Francis and President Barack Obama are set to meet in the grandeur of the Oval Office to advance causes dear to them both,...
View ArticlePope, president to seek common ground in Oval Office visit
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a moment weaving strands of politics, religion and emotion, Pope Francis and President Barack Obama are set to meet in the grandeur of the Oval Office to advance causes dear to...
View ArticleThe Latest: Pope canonizes 18th-century missionary
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The latest developments in Pope Francis' visit to the United States. All times local: 5:15 p.m. In the first canonization on U.S. soil, Pope Francis has elevated to sainthood an...
View ArticleObama Says Pope “Shaking Us Out Of Complacency”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mustering all the pageantry the White House has to offer, President Barack Obama welcomed Pope Francis to Washington on Wednesday and credited the pontiff for setting a moral example...
View ArticleThe Latest: US, Vatican delegations discuss Cuba embargo
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The latest developments in Pope Francis' visit to the United States. All times local: 9:10 p.m. The Vatican says the U.S. embargo on Cuba was one of the main issues discussed by the...
View ArticleObama says pope "shaking us out of complacency"
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mustering all the pageantry the White House has to offer, President Barack Obama welcomed Pope Francis to Washington on Wednesday and credited the pontiff for setting a moral example...
View ArticleThe Latest: Pope meets with order suing Obama administration
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The latest developments in Pope Francis' visit to the United States. All times local: 9 p.m. Pope Francis had a private meeting Wednesday with the Little Sisters of the Poor, a...
View ArticleThe Latest: Catholics come to watch Pope, tickets or no
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The latest developments in Pope Francis' visit to the United States. All times local: 7 p.m. Even some people who didn't have a ticket to the canonization Mass came to watch. Maj....
View ArticleObama says pope 'shaking us out of complacency'
Mustering all the pageantry the White House has to offer, President Barack Obama welcomed Pope Francis to Washington on Wednesday and credited the pontiff for setting a moral example that is "shaking...
View ArticleBarack Obama says Pope Francis shaking us out of complacency
Washington: Mustering all the pageantry the White House has to offer, President Barack Obama welcomed Pope Francis to Washington on Wednesday and credited the pontiff for setting a moral example that...
View ArticlePresident Obama welcomes Pope Francis to the White House
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mustering all the pageantry the White House has to offer, President Barack Obama welcomed Pope Francis to Washington on Wednesday and credited the pontiff for setting a moral example...
View ArticleJunipero Serra becomes a saint
The Mass before some 30,000 worshipers on the steps of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception gave Hispanic-Americans their first Roman Catholic saint, and made the “Apostle...
View ArticlePope Francis canonizes Father Junipero Serra, saying he defended Native...
Pope Francis called Father Junipero Serra a defender of “the dignity of the native community,” as the first pope from the Americas canonized the 18th century missionary known as the Apostle of...
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