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The rare criticism that did Pope Francis elicit was the omission – from his public agenda at least – of a meeting with victims of pedophile priests, but on Sunday he met privately with five adults abused as children.

William Brangham begins our coverage.

Welcomed with cheering crowds and beaming officials in his first visit to the US this week, Pope Francis nevertheless admonished America to do more for peace.

Pope Francis beseeched Americans to end hostility toward immigrants in a historic speech before the U.S. Congress on Thursday, weighing in forcefully on a divisive issue that is stirring debate in the 2016 presidential campaign. “The yardstick we use for others will be the...

Throughout his tour, the pope has taken on some of the biggest global risks, highlighting his views on how to save the world from its gravest threats and its own worst impulses.

Francis will celebrate an outdoor Mass on the parkway Sunday in ending his first-ever USA trip.

Francis was also scheduled to visit a prison and celebrate a final Mass on U.S. soil on Philadelphia’s grandest boulevard, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Francis, who has emphasized humility and service over pomp and circumstance since being elected pope two years ago, also visited the Philadelphia’s Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility.

It was China’s extraordinary record shifting so many families out the ranks of the poor which ensured that the overall global record in poverty reduction under the previous Millennium Development Goals was substantial, our correspondent says.

The procession through Manhattan was marked by some of the most stringent and comprehensive displays of security in the city’s history, as officials try to protect a highly popular pope who thrives on mingling with the faithful.

The Obama administration is hoping to chip away at the embargo before the president leaves office and is working on further loosening of trade and travel restrictions beyond those announced Friday, officials have said.

“The United States welcomes the rise of a China that is peaceful, stable, prosperous and a responsible player in global affairs”, the president said during Xi’s state visit.

The ceremony, part of the pope’s first Mass in the United States, was in keeping with the pope’s theme of evangelization this year.

We must be especially attentive to every type of fundamentalism, whether religious or any other kind.

Birmingham area Catholics are commemorating the Pope’s upcoming visit to Washington D.C., New York, and Philadelphia in a number of ways.