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For Pope Francis, the road to church modernization runs through Missouri

March 13, 2014 Willy Kessler Missouri region, Religion in Politics Leave a comment

Pope Francis seems to be taking on many of the more moribund aspects of the culture of the Catholic Church – a task that

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The pope, the president and the public schools

December 18, 2013 Arthur Lieber Activism, Charity & Justice, Civil liberties, Economy, Employment, Obama, Poverty, Religion in Politics, Republican Brain, Social Sec/Medicare One comment

Sometimes progressives don’t agree with conservatives, and the gist of the differences are about policy issues. Other times, one or perhaps both sides of

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Pope Francis makes headlines by making us think about poor people. Imagine that.

December 4, 2013 Susan Cunningham Activism, Charity & Justice, Poverty Leave a comment

“Pope Ramps Up Charity Office to Be With Poor.” That was a headline in the November 29th St. Louis Post -Dispatch. Pope Francis is making

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A non-mainstream view of the Pope

April 2, 2013 Arthur Lieber Civil Rights, Ethics, History, Humor, International, LGBT, Poverty One comment

As a non-Catholic, I am a partial owner of the Pope’s institution, the Catholic Church. You see, in the country where I live, the

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