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Pope Francis to Address Joint Session of Congress

During his trip to the United States next September, Pope Francis is planning to address a joint session of Congress as well as visit the White House, according to the Vatican’s permanent observer to the U.N. in New York. Francis aims to visit the White House on September 23 and will celebrate Mass at Washington’s Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception later that same day.
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Francis to Canonize Junipero Serra; Hero or Villain?

The question of whether to canonize or not to canonize Father Junipero Serra has raged now that Pope Francis has decided to nominate Serra for sainthood. The dichotomy among Californians triggered by Serra’s nomination springs from significantly different viewpoints.
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Chaldean Priest Resists Returning to Iraq and ISIS Threats

Though the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq, Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, claims he reveres Pope Francis as the “Father of all Christians,” he has defied the Pope’s decision to permit Chaldean priests, including one based in San Diego, to stay in the United States rather than obey Sako’s injunction to return to Iraq or face excommunication.

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