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... to do with the candidates. According to census data, the five largest Hispanic groups in the U.S. -- Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Salvadorans and Dominicans -- make up 84 percent of the overall Hispanic population. But members of those groups, and immigrants from other Central and South American countries, do not ...
... a much more active role for lay Catholics. "It means valuing the immense contribution in which women, lay and religious, have made and continue to make to the life of our communities," he said. Francis has repeatedly said women should have a greater role in church leadership, although he has ...
... she knows quite a bit about him. NGUEUBOU KAMWA, Student: And his real name is actually Jorge Mario Bergoglio. I know that he's from Argentina. And that he lives in Vatican City. APRIL BROWN: Seventh-grader Jade Fuentes has also been studying the life of the pontiff. JADE FUENTES ...
NICHOLSON: That would make him a saint. JUDY WOODRUFF: Do you see follow-up? SISTER SIMONE CAMPBELL: It would probably make him a saint, I really think we have hard work ahead too -- because we have a nanosecond memory in this town. And so what we're doing is, next ...
... us, helping us to know. There were moments in my service as bishop, presiding over a decidedly atypical congregation of West Africans and Central Americans, Argentines and Tongans, Filipinos and yes, a Daughter of the Utah Pioneers or two, watching another generation of earnestly chaotic teenage boys in wrinkly white ...
... beginning? STEPHEN SCHNECK, The Catholic University of America: He's, you know, a second-generation immigrant. And I think the immigrant experience of Italians in Argentina was unique. And Argentine history was one of the shaping factors here. It's a different history than the United States, and, you know ...
Pope Francis has bluntly criticized global capitalism for causing environmental destruction and tragic consequences for world's poorest citizens. Ahead of the pontiff's first visit to the United States, economics correspondent Paul Solman takes a closer look at his economic beliefs.
When Pope Francis arrives in the U.S. on Sept. 22, he'll get an airport welcome that few world leaders have ever received: a plane-side greeting from President Obama, which is just the beginning of the pomp and protocol that Washington will put on display to welcome the popular leader.
As the hours tick down to 2015, here at Art Beat we offer a final look at some of the artists we lost over the last year, whose lives and legacies are worth another goodbye.
Despite all of the U.S. media's fanfare about Tuesday’s midterm elections, most eligible voters likely will duck their civic duties on Election Day. Historically, nearly one-third fewer U.S. voters show up to the polls during a midterm election than a presidential election. However, 22 nations around the world make voting mandatory for its citizens, often...
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