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At noon on Thursday Bishop Blase Cupich of the Catholic Diocese of Spokane will celebrate Mass to pray for Pope Francis, the newly elected pontiff, as well as for the Catholic Church.
The service will be held at The Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, 1115 W Riverside Ave.
Tracy Simmons is an award winning journalist specializing in religion reporting, digital entrepreneurship and social journalism. In her 15 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti.
Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas and Connecticut. Currently she serves as the executive director of SpokaneFAVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Wash. She is also a Scholarly Assistant Professor at Washington State University.
