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America's Pope Francis fantasy

Jack Mirkinson
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Robert Hennelly
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Pope Francis makes GOP squirm

Patricia Miller
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Catholicism's mafioso fantasy

Jeffrey Tayler
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Hatred is weaponizing Jesus

Jeffrey Tayler

Scott Eric Kaufman
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Rick Santorum (AP/Seth Wenig/Nati Harnik/Photo montage by Salon)

Ding dong, the Church is dead

Patricia Miller
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The religious right's #1 enemy

Patricia Miller
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Jenny Kutner
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Pope Francis: Just say no!

Elias Isquith
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The Piketty Pontiff

Sean McElwee
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ROY BOURGEOIS - Religion Dispatches
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Katie McDonough
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Katie McDonough
Pope Benedict XVI (Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi)

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Pope Benedict XVI (Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi)

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Pope Benedict XVI (Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi)

Adam Lee
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