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Pope Francis leaves at the end of a Chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Thursday, March 24, 2016. During the Mass the Pontiff blessed a token amount of oil that will be used to administer the sacraments for the year. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino According to Fox 28, Pope Francis washed and kissed […]

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Fortune released its annual World's 50 Greatest Leaders list and some of our favorite people made the cut, including Stephen Curry, Pope Francis, and even Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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Go head Pope Francis with the clap back! According to Fox 28, Pope Francis said Thursday that Donald Trump is “not Christian” if he wants to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border. Trump immediately fired back, saying it is disgraceful for a religious leader to question a person’s faith. The rare back-and-forth between pontiff […]

Pope Francis met privately  with victims of clergy and other sex abuse and pledged that all those responsible for the scandal would be held accountable.…

Dove, Grammy Award winning, Gospel Hall of Fame singer, composer, vocalist, pianist and choral conductor Richard Smallwood’s hit ‘Total Praise’ was the music selected to Pope Francis at the White House visit.  The song was performed by the St. Augustine Gospel Choir.  Richard Smallwood has impacted the gospel industry through decades of influence and a […]

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 Photo Credit: Joseph Gidjunis/World Meeting of Families via AP According to Fox 28, Pope Francis kissed the forehead of a boy with cerebral palsy after landing in Philadelphia on Saturday morning, coaxing a small smile from the severely disabled 10-year-old. Francis apparently spied Michael Keating as he was being driven away from the plane. Ordering the […]

The Pope plans to address Congress tomorrow following a mass service he will deliver tonight.   WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pope Francis immediately dove into the whirlpool…

Rev. Al Sharpton talks about the importance of Pope Francis’ visit to the United States. “In the contrast of all this Islamphobia, the Pope made…

Roland Martin talks to Father George Clements about the importance of Pope Francis’ visit to the United States and what other black Catholics hope to…

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Pope Francis visits Washington D.C., New York and Philadelphia. After a red carpet welcome by President Barack Obama at an air base near the capital, the 78-year-old Argentine headed off to Washington not in a limousine as is customary but in a modest Fiat. School children cheered the pontiff as his Alitalia plane landed, chanting […]

Jennifer Hudson, Aretha Franklin, Andrea Bocelli, Sister Sledge and the rock band The Fray are all scheduled to perform for Pope Francis next week. This…

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In a critique that left many of the assembled clerics clearly uncomfortable, the 15 ailments in Francis’ “catalogue of illnesses” reflected the take-no-prisoners approach he promised when…