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'It's all about church closings': Catholic parishes shrink in Northeast, Midwest

'It's all about church closings': Catholic parishes shrink in Northeast, Midwest

Pope Francis is set to visit a Catholic school in New York City that used to have a sponsoring church. The parish was closed in 2007 in a region that has been a traditional Catholic stronghold.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: The church of Pope Francis

Aspen Ideas Festival: The church of Pope Francis

The Argentinian Pope comes to the US next week to address Congress, the UN, and the World Meeting of Families. One of this hour's Aspen Ideas Festival speakers says the Pope is perceived to be the most credible public figure on the planet. Another says he's achieved the most extraordinary instance of "re-branding" in our times.

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Congressman: U.S. disrupted threat on Pope Francis

Congressman: U.S. disrupted threat on Pope Francis

The pontiff is scheduled to visit New York, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia next week.

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Catholic leaders: Reaction to pope's climate change message mixed

Catholic leaders: Reaction to pope's climate change message mixed

Minnesota is among the states leading efforts to the pope's climate change message. The pope is expected to talk about climate change and the environment when he visits the U.S. later this month.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Built by immigrants, U.S. Catholic churches bolstered by them

About 40 percent of U.S. Catholics are foreign-born or the children of immigrants. The change is having profound effects, from reviving dying parishes and shifting the church's geographical center.
by Marisa Peñaloza and Tom Gjelten

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Convicted priest wants to buy St. Paul chancery, aid sex abuse victims

Convicted priest wants to buy St. Paul chancery, aid sex abuse victims

The Rev. Gilbert Gustafson, a priest convicted of child sex abuse, is behind a new effort to buy the Twin Cities archdiocese headquarters and turn it into a healing center for abuse survivors.
by Madeleine Baran

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Announcing reform, Pope Francis smooths process to annul marriages

Announcing reform, Pope Francis smooths process to annul marriages

In a sharp revision of Catholic policy, Pope Francis rewrote the process of annulling a marriage within the Church Tuesday.

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Kentucky clerk found in contempt for refusing to issue marriage licenses

Kentucky clerk found in contempt for refusing to issue marriage licenses

Kim Davis, the Rowan County clerk, has been defying court orders by refusing to hand out marriage licenses in protest of same-sex marriage. A judge ordered her taken into custody.

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Here's what we know about the Kentucky clerk refusing marriage licenses

Here's what we know about the Kentucky clerk refusing marriage licenses

The Rowan County clerk who has become a divisive figure in the national debate on gay marriage has been summoned to a federal court for a hearing on whether to hold her in contempt.

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