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Pope Francis is ditching the limo while visiting Washington, D.C. He rode in a Fiat yesterday and will be driving around town in a modified Jeep Wrangler.

In this week's episode of WBOI Presents, we’ll feature a panel discussion recorded at IPFW on Wednesday, September 16th that looks at the European refugee…

Pope Francis canonized the United States' first saint, Junipero Serra, on Wednesday. The controversial Spanish missionary founded Catholic missions in California in the 18th century.

NPR's Kelly McEvers asks people waiting at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception: How has your thinking about the Church changed since Francis became Pope?"

Pope Francis makes the first Latin American Catholic a saint at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., Wednesday.

Turkey has taken in more Syrians than any other country, by far. But under a policy dating back to 1951, it doesn't offer asylum to refugees and expects them to be permanently resettled elsewhere.

Congress members are also more religiously affiliated overall. "Maybe it's because we need the solid grounding and good guidance we get from above," one senator says.

On a remote Arctic island, there's an underground vault filled with seeds. Now, for the first time, scientists are about to retrieve some of those seeds to replace a collection trapped in Syria.

The terms are a source of confusion. While Tahla Deiry may not like being called a refugee, according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, she is one because she fled armed conflict.

After being made available for free online, they're now fetching $150. The sellers apparently missed Francis' sermon this summer calling the "unfettered pursuit of money" the "dung of the devil."