U.S. Catholics Invigorated By Pope Francis’ First Year

Pope Francis is celebrating his first Christmas as pope at the Vatican. He’s had quite a year. Time Magazine hailed him as the People’s Pope when they named him Person of the Year. And this week, NBC called the pope’s question “Who am I to judge?” the most powerful phrase of the year.

NPR’s Nathan Rott went out to see how American Catholics in the pews feel about the new pontiff…
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