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Pope Francis' call to house refugees echoes church history

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imagePope Francis has called for European churches to open their doors to refugees like this Syrian boy.Yiannis Kourtoglou/REUTERS

Pope Francis is visiting Washington, New York and Philadelphia this week.

His visit comes in the wake of his remarkable call for every Catholic parish, religious community, monastery and sanctuary in Europe to take in one...

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