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Yom Kippur at the Lincoln Memorial

September 21, 2015
Washington Peace Center

City: Washington

State/Region: DC

Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 6:30pm to Wednesday, September 23, 2015 - 7:30pm

A bold, public Yom Kippur prayer service will take place next week at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, inspired by the Pope’s encyclical on the climate crisis.

Official Schedule For Pope Francis' Visit to U.S.

September 2015
Pope Francis Visit 2015

Pope Francis Visits Washington D.C.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015
4pm: Pope Francis arrives in D.C. at Joint Base Andrews at 4 p.m.

Amid pope's visit, Jews are incorporating his teachings into Yom Kippur traditions

September 18, 2015
By Perry Stein
Washington Post

Rabbi Mordechai Liebling is traveling from Philadelphia to Washington next week to help organize a Yom Kippur service against the backdrop of Pope Francis’s visit, a seemingly discordant trip that he says makes perfect sense if you understand this pope’s teachings.

Where is Pope Francis? A schedule of his U.S. visit

September 17, 2015
By Christine Rushton
USA Today

Where in the states is Pontifice Francisco?

Pope Francis starts his visit to the USA on Sept. 22 and plans to stop in Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. Whether you want to catch a glimpse of the Roman Catholic Church’s leader or avoid the traffic, follow his six-day schedule below.

The Pope: Not just for Catholics anymore

September 15, 2015
By Jessica Ravitz
CNN

(CNN) - An ordained reverend raised as a conservative Baptist admits to having a “man crush” on the guy. A rabbi long-steeped in the climate crisis credits him for mobilizing Jews to action. An imam from Syria thanks him for protecting his family and people.

Pope Francis may be the head honcho of the...

What Pope Francis Should Say In His Upcoming UN Address

September 15, 2015
Yale Environment 360

Pope Francis will speak to the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 25 about poverty, the environment, and sustainable development. In a Yale Environment 360 forum, seven leading thinkers on the environment and religion describe what they would like to hear the pope say.

A Lot of American Catholics Have Never Heard of Pope Francis' Most Important New Message

But his visit to the United States could change all that.

By James West
Mother Jones
September 1, 2015

Pope Francis has so far had a tough time selling his high-profile climate campaign to Americans—even to the faithful. Two recent national surveys asked...

Obama to seek unity with Pope Francis on many issues

August 28, 2015
The Indian Panorama

WASHINGTON (TIP): Sweeping into office in 2009, President Barack Obama captured near rock-star status around the world among millions who saw him as the embodiment of a new sense of social purpose. Now, that baton has largely been passed to Pope Francis, whose visit to the White House next month will put his common cause with Obama on vivid...

Why Social Conditions Matter to the Pope

August 27, 2015
By Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Rev. Jesse Jackson
Huffington Post

We Christians tend to focus on personal piety. When dealing with others, we become legalistic and concentrate on dos and the don’ts, mostly of other people. We delight in creating 11th commandments like, “thou shall not drink nor smoke” instead of treating each of these as a medical issue, which they...

Islam and ecology: In almost perfect harmony

August 21 2015
By Erasmus
The Economist

WHEN Pope Francis issued his 192-page encyclical on climate change and pollution, this was rightly hailed as a landmark in the history of the papacy, and of environmentalism. Now Islamic...

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