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Pope names first African-American to highest U.S. post
8:32am, 4th April, 2019

Pope names first African-American to highest U.S. post

Pope Francis named the first African-American to the Catholic Church's most senior U.S. position on Thursday, seeking to end a period of upheaval in a job whose previous two occupants were caught in sexual abuse scandals.
Slain Salvadoran bishop Romero and Pope Paul VI become saints
4:10am, 14th October, 2018

Slain Salvadoran bishop Romero and Pope Paul VI become saints

Pope Francis on Sunday made saints of two of the most contentious Roman Catholic figures of the 20th century -- assassinated Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero and Pope Paul VI, who reigned over one of the Church's most turbulent eras and enshri...