Pope Francis, voice for the poor who transformed the Catholic Church, dies at 88
Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, has died at 88,...
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This 1,000-mile river suffered decades of oil spills. Now it’s a legal person, things could change
In the year 2000, over 5,000 barrels of crude oil spilled from a barge into the Marañón River, which runs...
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Francis: The ‘outsider’ pope who faced fierce resistance to his reforms
Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more welcoming...
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What happens next after Francis’ death? How the Catholic Church will pick a successor
The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a...
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On Ecuador’s cocaine coast, with a fisherman who turned to smuggling
“One more trip,” he says. “And then I’ll stop.” He’s a fisherman by trade, born and raised in the coastal...
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