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On This Day: Explosion at Texas fertilizer plant kills 15
On April 17, 2013, an explosion at a West, Texas, fertilizer plant killed 15 people, injured dozens and caused massive ...
Francis − a pope who cared deeply for the poor and opened up the Catholic Church
(THE CONVERSATION) Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pontiff, has died, the Vatican announced on April 21, 2025. He was 88. Francis had served as pope for 12 eventful years, ...
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Francis − a pope who cared deeply for the poor and opened up the Catholic Church
Most significantly, Carlo Maria Viganò, the former Vatican ambassador, or nuncio, to the United States was excommunicated ... who have inspired him: Martin Luther King Jr., Desmond Tutu and ...
Francis: A pope who personified humility, care for the poor
Francis’ papacy has been historic. He embraced the marginalised in ways that no pope had done before. He not only deepened the Catholic Church’s commitment to the poor in its religious life, but also ...