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Francis stressed that it was not his place to give permission for Protestants to receive Catholic Communion, and that differences on doctrine remain.

If I had tried to consume the full contents of Pope Francis' massive six-day spiritual feast as it was being dished out I would only have developed the spiritual, intellectual and emotional equivalent of a walloping bellyache.

Pope Francis on Sunday condemned the leak of sensitive Vatican documents as a deplorable crime but said it would not distract him from forging ahead with reforms at the Holy See.

A Honduran cardinal who is a top adviser to Pope Francis said he expects the pontiff to travel to Mexico’s border with the U.S. when he visits that country in February.

“Study often reveals to you how little you actually know and how much that you thought you knew you don’t really understand.”

Only a handful of Spokanites traveled to Philadelphia last week to see Pope Francis. Among them was were two local nuns, Mother Kathryn Joseph and Sister Paschalina Marie of Sisters of Mary, Mothers of the Church.