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Pope Francis

Deeming Pollution of Earth Sinful, Pope Proposes Climate Action as Sacred Duty

Pope Francis: Capitalism is 'Terrorism Against All of Humanity'

Nika Knight, staff writer

Pope Francis surprised reporters on a flight from Krakow to the Vatican late Sunday when he blamed the "god of money" for extremist violence in Europe and the Middle East, saying that a ruthless global economy leads disenfranchised people to violence. "Terrorism grows when there is no other option, and as long as the world economy has at its...

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Pope Francis Thanks Bernie Sanders for Advocating the 'Moral Economy'

- Common Dreams staff

Pope Francis met with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders in the Vatican on Saturday...

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'A Moral Economy' for 'the Common Good': Mr. Sanders Goes to the Vatican

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

At the Vatican on Friday, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders...

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Pope Francis Apologizes to Mexican Indigenous for History of Pillage and Abuse

Pope Francis: To Address 'Grave Environmental Crisis,' Build Social Justice

Pope Francis on Climate

Climate Justice Campaigners Hail Soil as 'Shovel-Ready Solution'

With Letter and Hug, Five-Year-Old Takes Immigration Plea to Pope Francis

Denouncing Serra Canonization, Mother and Son 'Walk for the Ancestors'

As Pope Francis Arrives in DC, Federal Workers Strike Against Poverty Wages

Pope, World Leaders Turn U.N. into Veritable War Zone

Islamic Declaration Blasts Short-Sighted Capitalism, Demands Action on Climate

Pope Francis Joins Battle Against Transgenic Crops

Despite Pope's Call to Climate Action, Churches Hold Millions in Fossil Fuels

'Care for This World': Echoing Pope's Climate Message, 13 Arrested at Gas Facility

Naomi Klein: Obama Is Beginning to Sound Like a Climate Leader, When Will He Act Like One?

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Jubilee USA Network

Negotiators Struggle for Agreement on Debt and Tax Issues at UN Development Summit

Jubilee USA Network

Pope Francis Calls for UN to Address 'Oppressive' Lending...

Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA)

Pope’s Blind Spots: * Militarism * Child Sex Abuse

Senator Bernie Sanders

Sanders Applauds Pope’s Remarks

Sierra Club

Sierra Club Statement on Pope Francis’ Speeches Before Congress and the White House

Carbon Underground

Soil Can Reverse Climate Change: A Message of Hope To Address the Pope’s DC Congregation

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Bill McKibben

From Faith to Action: Fossil Fuel Divestment More Vital Than Ever

Avi Lewis

'Be Joyful, Though You Have Considered the Facts'

Mike Scahill

Pope Francis Embraced the Most Subversive Voices in Modern American Catholicism

Michael Winship

Who’s the Guy in the White Suit Next to All Those Billionaires?

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan

No Papal Bull: Francis Hails Peace and the Activists Who Fight for It

Tom Hayden

Days of Miracle and Wonder

Katrina vanden Heuvel

When It Comes to War: Listen to the Pope, Not the Armchair Warriors

David Morris

The Sperm, the Egg, and Pope Francis

Alice Slater

Let Us Again Be Inspired to Ban Nuclear Weapons

Phyllis Bennis, Manuel Pérez Rocha

Standing Before Congress, Pope Francis Calls Out the ‘Industry of Death’

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