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Pope Francis visits Lampedusa as migrant arrivals pick up

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 03:12 PM PDT

A banner depicting Pope Francis with the words, "Welcome Pope - The Pope of fishermen" is displayed on a boat in LampedusaBy Alessandro Bianchi LAMPEDUSA, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Francis makes his first official trip outside Rome on Monday with a visit to Lampedusa, the tiny island off Sicily that has been the first port of safety for untold thousands of migrants crossing by sea from North Africa to Europe. The choice of Lampedusa is a highly symbolic one for Francis, who has placed the poor at the center of his papacy and called on the Church to return to its mission of serving them. His trip comes at the start of summer when the island sees a steady stream of migrant boats arriving on its shores. ...

Pope heads to Sicily to pray with new migrants

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 12:15 PM PDT

A poster reading "Welcome Pope Francis, the fishermen's Pope" is displayed on a boat moored at the Lampedusa harbor, Italy, Sunday, July 7, 2013. Pope Francis heads Monday to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa for his first pastoral visit outside Rome, going to the farthest reaches of Italy to pray with migrants who have recently arrived and remember those who have died trying. Francis, a pope from "the end of the Earth" whose ancestors immigrated to Argentina from Italy, has a special place in his heart for refugees: As archbishop of Buenos Aires, he denounced the exploitation of migrants as "slavery" and said those who did nothing to stop it were complicit by their silence. On Monday, he will arrive at Lampedusa's port by boat and will throw a floral wreath into the sea in memory of those who died trying to reach the island, which is closer to Africa than the Italian mainland. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)LAMPEDUSA, Sicily (AP) — Pope Francis heads Monday to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa for his first pastoral visit outside Rome, going to the farthest reaches of Italy to pray with migrants who have recently arrived by boat and mourn those who have died trying.

Harper PMO gets letters for funding Christian aid group that insulted gays

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 10:57 AM PDT

OTTAWA - The Harper government has received scores of letters and emails over government funding being provided to an organization that referred to homosexuality as a "perversion" and "sin."

Pope Francis decides to canonize Pope John XXIII even without having usual miracle approved

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 04:02 AM PDT

Pope Francis decides to canonize Pope John XXIII even without having usual miracle approved.

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