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Pope Francis, then Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, washes and kisses the feet of residents of a shelter for drug users during Holy Thursday Mass in 2008 at a church in a poor neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. PHOTO: CNS/Enrique Garcia Medina, Reuters
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Pope Francis changes Holy Thursday plans to celebrate Mass in prison
Pope Francis has decided to celebrate the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper in a Rome.
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22 Mar 2013
Philippine Cardinal Luis Tagle of Manila at his arrival on March 21 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. PHOTO: CNS/Romeo Ranoco, Reuters
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Cardinal Tagle says pope told him he had ‘high hopes’ for Philippines
Manila Cardinal Luis Tagle told journalists that when he went before newly elected Pope Francis to.
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22 Mar 2013
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez celebrates Sunday Spanish Mass on March 17 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. PHOTO: CNS/Victor Aleman, The Tidings
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Pope’s election shows Latin American church’s vitality, archbishop says
The election of Pope Francis reflects the vitality of the Latin American church, said Archbishop.
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22 Mar 2013
Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni, the chief rabbi of Rome, is seen prior to a television interview on Jan. 12 in his office next to Rome's main synagogue. PHOTO: CNS/Paul Haring
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Pope pledges renewed cooperation; Jewish leaders praise election
Pope Francis said he plans renewed cooperation to further Catholic-Jewish relations and hopes to.
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22 Mar 2013
Pope Benedict XVI greets the then Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio at the Vatican in this Jan. 13, 2007, file photo. PHOTO: CNS/L'Osservatore Romano
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Pope Francis calls his predecessor, wishing him happy name day
Pope Francis telephoned retired Pope Benedict XVI, the former Joseph Ratzinger, to wish him a happy.
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21 Mar 2013
The coat of arms of Pope Francis borrows much from his former episcopal emblem. On the blue shield is the symbol of the Society of Jesus. Below it is a five-pointed star and the buds of a spikenard flower, which represent respectively Mary and St. Joseph. The papal motto is the Latin phrase "Miserando atque eligendo," which means "because he saw him through the eyes of mercy and chose him" or more simply, "having mercy, he called him." The phrase comes from a homily by St. Bede. PHOTO: CNS
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Vatican releases papal coat of arms, motto by English doctor of church
Pope Francis' papal motto is based on the Gospel account of "The Call of St. Matthew," the tax.
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20 Mar 2013
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