Catholicism Is Thriving — And This Is Good News For Democrats

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Pope Francis (R) and U.S. President Barack Obama react as they exchange gifts during a private audience at the Vatican City March 27, 2014.

In his eighth-floor office overlooking a snow-covered city, Father José Hoyos has just finished writing a book about faith …
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Catholicism Is Thriving — And This Is Good News For Democrats

Catholicism Is Thriving — And This Is Good News For Democrats

REUTERS/Gabriel Bouys
Pope Francis (R) and U.S. President Barack Obama react as they exchange gifts during a private audience at the Vatican City March 27, 2014.

In his eighth-floor office overlooking a snow-covered city, Father José Hoyos has just finished writing a book about faith …
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Catholicism Is Thriving — And This Is Good News For Democrats

Vatican Surveys Find Catholics Reject Teachings On Sex, Contraception

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Surveys commissioned by the Vatican have shown that the vast majority of Catholics in Germany and Switzerland reject church teaching on contraception, sexual morality, gay unions and divorce.
The Vatican took the unusual step of commissioning the surveys ahead of a major m…
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Vatican Surveys Find Catholics Reject Teachings On Sex, Contraception

Dolan: Catholics “Outmarketed” on Gay Marriage

NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan says the Roman Catholic Church has been “outmarketed” on the issue of gay marriage and has been “caricatured as being anti-gay.”
Dolan discussed the church’s positions opposing same-sex marriage and…
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Dolan: Catholics “Outmarketed” on Gay Marriage

Catholics hear pope’s call to shake up church

Pope Francis blows a kiss from his popemobile as he arrives for the Stations of the Cross event on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, July 26, 2013. Also known as the Via Crucis and Via Dolorosa, the Stations of the Cross are built around reflections on Jesus’ last…
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Catholics hear pope’s call to shake up church

Catholics hear pope’s call to shake up church

Pope Francis blows a kiss from his popemobile as he arrives for the Stations of the Cross event on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, July 26, 2013. Also known as the Via Crucis and Via Dolorosa, the Stations of the Cross are built around reflections on Jesus’ last…
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Catholics hear pope’s call to shake up church

Pope Francis urges Catholics to shake up dioceses

Pope Francis greets Argentines inside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 25, 2013. Francis added a last-minute tweak to his busy schedule, meeting with pilgrims from his native Argentina at Rio’s cathedral Thursday afternoon. He told the youngsters to get out…
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Pope Francis urges Catholics to shake up dioceses

Rebel pope urges Catholics to shake up dioceses

A gust of wind lifts the cape of Pope Francis as he spoke to the youth gathered at the World Youth Day Welcome Feast on the Copacabana beachfront in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, July 25, 2013. Francis addressed young pilgrims from 175 nations gathered on the famous beach for the WYD…
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Rebel pope urges Catholics to shake up dioceses