POPE STRESSES STRENGTH, COURAGE, HOPE IN NEW YEAR
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Pope Francis arrives to celebrate a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Pope Francis Pope Francis arrives to…
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UTAH ASKS SUPREME COURT TO BLOCK SAME-SEX UNIONS
FILE – In this Dec. 20, 2013, file photo, same-sex couples Natalie Dicou, left, and Nichole Christensen, middle left, and James Goodman, middle right, and Jeffrey Gomez, right, wait in…
POPE ASKS PEOPLE IF THEY — USED 2013 TO HELP OTHERS
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Pope Francis arrives in St. Peter’s square to visit a nativity scene after he celebrated a New Year’s Eve vespers service in St. Peter’s Basilica at the…
IMMIGRATION FEARS SPARK POLITICAL FIRESTORM IN UK
By SYLVIA HUI Recent editions of Britain’s Daily Express and Daily Mail newspapers, featuring headlines about immigration, are photographed in London, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. For months, Britain’s tabloids have…
PA. COURT REVERSES CHURCH OFFICIAL’S CONVICTION
By MARYCLAIRE DALE FILE – In this March 27, 2012 file photo, Monsignor William Lynn leaves the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia. Lynn, a Roman Catholic church official, who has…
POPE’S CHRISTMAS WISH: HOPE FOR A BETTER WORLD
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Pope Francis delivers his “Urbi et Orbi” (to the City and to the World) message from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday,…
POPE URGES ITALY TO FIND HO– USES FOR ALL FAMILIES
Pope Francis, framed by a Christmas tree, delivers his message to faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square during the Angelus prayer, at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio…
POPE FRANCIS IS TIME’S PERSON OF THE YEAR
By DAVID BAUDER Pope Francis, Time magazine’s 2013 Person of the Year, is seen an undated photo of the magazine cover provided by Time, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. Time said…