ARTICLES BY NICOLE WINFIELD/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pope calls for urgent action on environment

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

U.S. returns 25 looted artifacts to Italy

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Pope pines for pizza - and gets it

ROME - Pope Francis, who recently lamented he can't slip out and get a pizza like he used to, finally got a pie - albeit one hand-delivered to his popemobile.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Pope moves Romero closer to sainthood

VATICAN CITY - Thirty-five years after he was gunned down by a right-wing death squad as he celebrated Mass, Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero moved a step closer to possible sainthood Tuesday when Pope Francis declared he was a martyr killed because of hatred for his Catholic faith.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Francis slams Curia

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Condemning 'barbaric violence'

ANKARA, Turkey - Pope Francis urged Muslim leaders to condemn the "barbaric violence" being committed in Islam's name against religious minorities in Iraq and Syria as he arrived in neighboring Turkey Friday for a delicate visit aimed at improving interfaith ties.

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Conservative bishops move away from gay overture

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Pope opens big week; sex, divorce on agenda

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Pope ramps up charity office to be near poor, sick

VATICAN CITY - When he was archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis was known to sneak out at night and break bread with the homeless, sit with them literally on the street and eat with them, as part of his aim to share the plight of the poor and let …

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO