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Welcome Pope Francis

Welcome Pope Francis

Master of metaphor: Pope Francis can weave a vivid tale

Metaphors are used extensively in the Bible and they pop up just as often in Pope Francis' talks and teachings.
Welcome Pope Francis

Homebody, soccer fan, tango-lover — some papal pastimes revealed

Here are a few of Pope Francis' favorite things, which he revealed in a series of interviews granted while he was archbishop of Buenos Aires.
Welcome Pope Francis

Welcoming Our New Shepherd

Pope Francis

Welcome Pope Francis

Quotes from the transition; national, international and papal

Reaction from Rome According to the pope Reaction from Rome Reaction from around the U.S.
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Pope Francis changes Holy Thursday plans to celebrate Mass in prison

Pope Francis has decided to celebrate the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper in a Rome juvenile detention facility and wash the feet of some of the young detainees.
Welcome Pope Francis

Papal coat of arms features motto by English doctor of Church

Pope Francis’ papal motto is based on the Gospel account of “The Call of St. Matthew,” the tax collector, in a homily given by St. Bede the Venerable.
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Minnesotans from Argentina feel ‘blessed’

When Pope Francis first appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, Alejandra Hall was surprised to recognize a fellow Argentinian who used to regularly celebrate Mass and hear confessions at a cathedral located a few blocks from her childhood home in Buenos Aires.
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Seminarian’s long wait at St. Peter’s Square rewarded

WHEN THE WHITE SMOKE APPEARED: I was in St. Peter’s Square; I had been in the square for nearly two hours (with the Bernardi Study-Abroad program of the University of St. Thomas) by the time the smoke went up. . . .
Welcome Pope Francis

They were there

WHEN THE WHITE SMOKE APPEARED: I was fortunate to be present in St. Peter’s square, and I stayed in the square to see Pope Francis appear on the balcony and address the crowd...
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Local Catholics happy to welcome new pope

As his flight to Chicago was boarding on the afternoon of March 13, Jesuit Father Tim Manatt, president of Minneapolis-based Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, was glued to the waiting area monitor showing a still-empty papal balcony before the announcement of the new pope.
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Pope explains why he chose St. Francis of Assisi’s name

Pope Francis said that “as things got dangerous” in the conclave voting, he was sitting next to his “great friend,” Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes “who comforted me.”
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As archbishop, pope made outreach to poor a priority

Mass at Christ the Worker Parish in Buenos Aires is celebrated on a cement soccer pitch. There, parishioners sit on portable pews and relax on the embankment of an overpass; shipping containers soar over the fence behind the altar.
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