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  • Cardinal McCarrick Sees Church Press on Immigration (Transcript)

    Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the archbishop emeritus of Washington, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” airing this weekend, that he expects Roman Catholic Church leaders to intensify efforts on behalf of a new immigration law and gun-control measures.

  • In Ghosn We Trust Tested as Nissan Electric Push Falters

    Carlos Ghosn laid a $5 billion bet in 2009 that the world’s next Ford Model T would be electric, and that Nissan Motor Co. would lead a revolution embraced by nations such as Denmark. Three years later, sales of Leaf plug- in vehicles in the Nordic country: 73.

  • Irish Pedophile Legacy Highlights Challenge to New Pope

    For Irish victims of priestly sexual abuse, Pope Francis needs to disclose what the Vatican knows about the crimes -- and fully apologize for them.

  • Vatican to Set Up Contemporary Art Pavilion in Venice

    The Vatican will have its own contemporary-art pavilion at the 2013 Venice Art Biennale, a first in its 84-year history as an independent state, Biennale organizers said at a news briefing in London.

  • Black Smoke Over St. Peter’s Signals No Pope Elected

    Roman Catholic cardinals failed to elect a successor to retired Pope Benedict XVI as black smoke rose over St. Peter’s Basilica signaling an inconclusive vote.

  • Black Smoke Over St. Peter’s Signals No Pope Elected

    Roman Catholic cardinals failed to elect a successor to retired Pope Benedict XVI as black smoke rose over St. Peter’s Basilica signaling an inconclusive vote.

  • Francis Ventures Out of Vatican on First Day as Pope

    Pope Francis ventured outside the Vatican’s walls to pray at a Roman basilica and pay his hotel bill the day after becoming the first Roman Catholic leader to hail from outside Europe in more than 1,200 years.

  • Stop Gambling on Pope and Have a Little Faith

    Think you can predict the next pope? Want to bet?

  • Conclave Meets: Portraits of Cardinal Papal Contenders

    The 115 voting cardinals of the Catholic church began today their secret conclave to choose the successor to Pope Benedict XVI. There is a saying in Rome that “he who enters the conclave a pope exits as a cardinal” and it is notoriously tricky to try to handicap the papal vote.

  • Pope Francis’ Economic Philosophy

    As Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, now known as Francis I, assumes leadership for the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, we won’t presume to tell him how to think on matters religious. But for the sake of world markets, we hope the new pope will act in the best tradition of Catholic economic thought.

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