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Pope Francis is continuing his informal outreach to gay and lesbian Catholics hat tip Daily Dish and despite his apparent comfort with modern social media and its dizzying gadgetry he is apparently still happy to make use of old-school communication tools Pope Francis turned to pen and paper

The fiscal hostage crisis in Washington enters its second week as Speaker Boehner insists he will continue government shutdown unless he receives concessions on the Affordable Care Act which is having gridlock troubles of its own unrelated to political snarls Ailing U S cities seek reboot powered

More refugee deaths on the sea near the southern Italian island of Lampedusa has brought international focus to an ongoing tragedy—an unknowable loss of life as thousands of refugees and migrants each year seek to escape to Europe from North Africa in sometimes overloaded or ramshackle watercr

Nearly 70 percent of American Catholics agree with Pope Francis 39 recent observation that the church has become too focused on issues such as homosexuality abortion and contraceptives That 39 s the finding of a Quinnipiac University national poll released this morning The survey found little

The U.N. 68th General Assembly ended on Sept. 30 in New York with some notable successes.

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Pope Francis' blunt talk sent shock waves through the Catholic Church in the U.S. and the world.

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