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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2294401/Pope-Francis-pledges-help-worlds-needy-heartfelt-speech.htmlSaturday, March 16, 2013
Pope Francis pledges to help the world's needy in heartfelt speech | Mail Online - He said some have wondered whether his name was a reference to other Francis figures, including St. Frances de Sales or even the co-founder of the pope's Jesuit order, Francis Xavier. - But he said he was inspired immediately after the election when he thought about wars. - St Francis of Assisi, the pope said, was 'the man of the poor. The man of peace. 'The man who loved and cared for creation - and in this moment we don't have such a great relationship with creation. - The man who gives us this spirit of peace, the poor man. 'Oh how I would like a poor church and a church for the poor,' Francis said, sighing.
Pope Francis explains name, calls for church 'for the poor' - CNN.com - The new pope gave an insight into his choice of the name Francis in an audience with journalists Saturday -- and said how he wished for a church that was both poor and "for the poor."
CPAC Panel on Transcending Racist Label Breaks Down Into Verbal Chaos - The Daily Beast - It was a session that was meant to help Republicans transcend the destructive tag. Then a white supremacist started talking segregation and everything went into a tailspin.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Jeb Bush: GOP must embrace 'inclusion and acceptance' - USATODAY - Jeb Bush, whose potential 2016 presidential candidacy would be the third from his immediate family, told a conservative gathering Friday that the Republican Party must embrace "inclusion and acceptance" in order to regain power. - "All too often we're associated with being anti-everything: anti-immigration, anti-women, anti-gay,'' Bush said in an address to the Conservative Political Action Conference, being held near Washington, D.C. "The face of the Republican Party needs to be the face of every American.''
Shocking photos emerge from Rio Olympic site - USATODAY - More than 80 tons of fish suffocated in the Rio de Janeiro lagoon that will be used for Olympic rowing events in 2016, causing an ecological and olfactory nightmare in the Brazilian metropolis.
Stevie Nicks helps Grohl's 'Sound City' play at SXSW - USATODAY -John Fogerty, Rick Springfield and Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen all took turns joining Grohl and his Foo Fighters bandmates onstage. But Fleetwood Mac songstress Stevie Nicks got the most impassioned welcome from the packed-like-sardines crowd at Stubb's.
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