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Pope Francis delivers his message on the occasion of an audience with participants of Rome's diocese convention in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, June 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis calls out Obama on climate change, says world must abandon fossil fuels

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Pope Francis kisses a baby as he arrives for his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis rejects abortion, population control in new encyclical

By Elise Harris - Catholic News Agency

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NICHOLAS HAHN: Pope Francis mixes religion, politics with climate change science

By Nicholas G. Hahn III

The Road to Majority — an event for 2,000 faith-based activists and A-list Republicans — is now underway in the nation's capital. (Faith & Freedom Coalition)

Inside the Beltway: The climate, the pope, the skeptics

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

E. CALVIN BEISNER: The ironies of Pope Francis’s climate-change cure

By E. Calvin Beisner

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015 file photo Pope Francis, wearing a yellow raincoat, waves to the faithful as he arrives in Tacloban, Philippines. Anxiety has so gripped American conservatives over Pope Francis' upcoming encyclical on the environment that you might think a pope had never before blamed fossil fuels for global warming. Or accused energy companies of hoarding the Earth's resources at the expense of the poor. Or urged the rich to consume less and share more. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

Is climate change natural or man-induced? For Pope Francis, it’s both

By Elise Harris - Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis blesses the faithful as he arrives on the occasion of an audience with participants of Rome's diocese convention in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, June 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Caring for creation is a duty for all, Pope Francis says ahead of encyclical launch

By Elise Harris - Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis adjusts his skull cap as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

When you care for a sick family member, you are a ‘hidden hero,’ Pope Francis says

By Ann Schneible - Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis waves to faithful during his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican in this May 20, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Pope OKs reforms targeting pedophilia, rape

Catholic News Agency