PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Pope Francis kissed the forehead of a boy with cerebral palsy after landing in Philadelphia on Saturday morning, coaxing a small smile from the severely disabled 10-year-old.
Francis apparently spied Michael Keating as he was ...
Posted Saturday, September 26th 2015 at 4:55PM
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NEW YORK (AP) — Pope Francis declared Friday that there is a "right of the environment" and that mankind has no authority to abuse it, telling more than 100 world leaders and diplomats at the United Nations that urgent action is needed to halt the ...
Posted Friday, September 25th 2015 at 11:42AM
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Pope Francis plunged into the melting pot of New York after reminding the country of its immigrant origins in the first papal speech before Congress on Thursday. Over an intense 40 hours that started with an evening prayer service ...
Posted Friday, September 25th 2015 at 3:31AM
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Standing before Congress, Pope Francis issued a ringing call to action on behalf of immigrants Thursday, urging lawmakers to embrace "the stranger in our midst" as he became the first pontiff in history to address a joint meeting o ...
Posted Thursday, September 24th 2015 at 11:35AM
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It was a message sure to please the Obama White House, and liberals in general. But the pope had something for conservatives, too, with a pointed call to protect religious liberties — "one of America's most precious possessions."
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Posted Wednesday, September 23rd 2015 at 12:27PM
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The World Meeting of Families, which culminates with a visit by Pope Francis this weekend, begins today in Philadelphia.But what is it exactly? And who will foot the bill for the many preparations being made for the papal's visit?Organizers describe ...
Posted Tuesday, September 22nd 2015 at 4:39PM
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America may be in for some tough love from the Pope.
After a lifetime of watching the world's most affluent and powerful nation from afar, Pope Francis will walk on U.S. soil for the first time, at the age of 78, when he arrives in Washington from C ...
Posted Tuesday, September 22nd 2015 at 3:52PM
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On Tuesday afternoon, Pope Francis will be greeted by President Obama at a military base just outside Washington, D.C. This is Pope Francis' first visit to the United States, and it's Obama's first time personally welcoming a foreign visitor upon arr ...
Posted Tuesday, September 22nd 2015 at 2:58PM
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IT'S HERE:
LOPnewsmag - President Obama Announces College Scorecard, USDE 2015 SIXTH ANNUAL BACK-TO-SCHOOL TOUR, NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH, AND SENATOR COONS ON #RestoringtheVRA and there's even a FREE WEBINAR ... details inside and do ...
Posted Saturday, September 19th 2015 at 6:50AM
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COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE AMERICA'S ECONOMIC ENGINES. THEY ARE THE GATEWAY TO MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICA. READ THE ARTICLE BELOW AND LEARN WHY!
Community colleges are America’s economic engines. They are gateways to middle class job ...
Posted Friday, September 18th 2015 at 5:28PM
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THIS JUST IN:
The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty recently released its latest resource, No Barriers: A Legal Advocate’s Guide to Ensuring Compliance with the Education Program of the McKinney-Vento Act. Too many young people expe ...
Posted Friday, September 18th 2015 at 1:17PM
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