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 Taking a page from Princess Diana's playbook, Pope Francis has taken the papacy into the streets.
July 14th, 2013
12:25 AM ET
Is Pope Francis the Catholic Princess Diana?By Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor (CNN)–It was a shipwreck of African migrants off the coast of Lampedusa, a small island in the Mediterranean, that spurred Pope Francis into action. In the past 18 months more than 500 people have died, or gone missing at sea, trying to escape Africa. The world barely noticed. Standing on Lampedusa on Monday, Francis prayed for the victims and cast a wreath in the water to commemorate the dead. More importantly, he drew attention to the desperate plight of migrants, in his country and around the world. “We have fallen into a globalization of indifference,” Francis said, as he stood near an altar made from the salvage of shipwrecks.
July 14th, 2013
12:18 AM ET
Twitter theme: Zimmerman will face a higher JudgeBy Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor (CNN) - As news spread on social media of the not guilty verdict in the Trayvon Martin case, a religious theme soon emerged: Sooner or later, a higher authority will judge George Zimmerman Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, may have been the first to express a version of this theme:
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