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Pope Francis Writes to New Ways Ministry: “Thank You for Your Neighborly Work”"News broke yesterday that Pope Francis has been in correspondence with New Ways Ministry this past year, thanking the group for its work and affirming its co-founder.According to the National Catholic Reporter:“In two letters to New Ways Ministry this year, Pope Francis commended the organization for its outreach to the LGBTQ community and referred to one of its co-founders, Loretto Sr. Jeannine Gramick, as ‘a valiant woman’ who had suffered much for her ministry.“Written in Spanish on official Vatican stationary, Francis’ letters mention that the pope is aware...

Asked by one of the students Friday how a Christian should treat people of other faiths or no faith, the pope said that “we are all the same, all children of God” and that true disciples of Jesus do not proselytize. Pope Francis said that his experience growing up in Argentina with its waves of immigration was a great help in learning to respect other people. “There is a mixture of blood, a strong miscegenation in Argentina — I am the son of a migrant — and this made for a culture of coexistence,” he said. “I went to public...