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Owatonna priests say pope has own style

By JEFFREY JACKSON - Associated Press

A Cardinal is sprinkled with ashes by Pope Francis during the Ash Wednesday mass at the Santa Sabina Basilica in Rome, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a solemn period of 40 days of prayer and self-denial leading up to Easter. (AP Photo/Max Rossi, Pool)

Boehner invites Pope Francis to address Congress

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Embracing the poor: Alejandro Bermudez says his Christ in the City is an example of what Pope Francis preaches.

Christ in the City puts Pope Francis’ vision at work on Denver streets

By Meredith Somers and Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this picture provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis arrives to a retreat outside Rome aboard a bus with cardinals and bishops, Sunday, March 9, 2014. Francis and the heads of Vatican offices traveled to Ariccia, in the hills south of Rome, where the Society of St. Paul offered up a retreat house for spiritual exercises through Friday. Jesuits typically do such Lenten retreats away from home, and Francis is breaking with recent papal tradition of prayers and meditation at the Vatican during the 40-day Lenten period preceding Easter. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)

Pope Francis shakes Vatican Bank with ‘earthquake’ reforms

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The Cowboy and Indian Alliance is coming to the nation's capital for a "Protect and Reject" march against the Keystone XL pipeline — and they're bringing both horses and agenda. (Mary Anne Andrei/Bold Nebraska)

Inside the Beltway: Can Pope Francis soothe a savage Congress?

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times