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Pope Francis

There's a Fentanyl Crisis in the United States. Nebraska Is About To Murder Someone With It on Purpose

Reversing Catholic Doctrine, Pope Francis Declares Death Penalty 'Inadmissable' in All Cases

Julia Conley, staff writer

"I eagerly await the new, forceful, and reversed positions on the death penalty from all the Catholic politicians who regularly explain their anti-abortion stance as 'the teaching of my church.'"

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Face-to-Face With Oil Execs, Pope Francis Says Continued Use of Fossil Fuels Will 'Destroy Civilization'

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Carbon dioxide emissions remain very high. This is disturbing and a cause for...

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World 'At the Very Edge' of Nuclear War, Warns Pope

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Pope Francis gives the State of the World Address to accredited ambassadors to the Holy See at the Sala Regia (Regal Room) on January 8, 2018 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo: Vatican Pool/Getty Images)

Warning follows Pope Francis's call for nuclear weapons to be banned.

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Pope Francis Appeals for Peace Amid Conflicts Inflamed by Trump

Anti-Nuclear Coalition Accepts Nobel Peace Prize As Calls for Disarmament Grow

Pope Denounces 'Mentality of Fear' Caused by Nuclear Regimes, Urges Disarmament

'Please... No More Wars': Pope Francis Issues Impassioned Call to End 'Useless Massacres'

Pope Francis

For Abandoning Climate Accord, Pope Swipes Trump on World Food Day

Pope Francis

Humanity Must Turn Back from Climate Abyss, Says Pope, or 'We Will Go Down'

An article in a Vatican-approved publication offers harsh words for conservative American Catholics.

Pope Francis's Associates Condemn American Religious Right

Pope Francis

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

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

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

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

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

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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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Brett Wilkins

Pope to Declare Slain Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero a Saint

Mairead Maguire

Why the Catholic Church Should Abolish the Anti-Christian "Just War" Theory

Don João Mamede Filho

Three Years for Eternity: A Prayer for Climate Action and the Common Good

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

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