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Pope Francis gave a historic address today when he spoke before a rare joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill Thursday morning. His speech (full text below) touched on numerous issues that have been heavily debated in Washington — climate change, the death penalty, religious freedom, immigration and more — but he focused often on the current refugee crisis in Europe.

Pope Francis is hip to the trends of our time.

Photographs from the Pope's various activities on his first day in America.

Aaron Blaise knows a little about lions and their regality.

Sir Nicholas Winton, a Briton who said nothing for a half-century about his role in organizing the escape of 669 mostly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II, died on Wednesday in Maidenhead, England.

He was Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, Bond Villian Francisco Scaramanga, Sherlock Holmes and Mycroft Holmes.

Britain's royal family has a new member.

Nepal is still reeling after a devastating earthquake rocked the country on Saturday, with the death toll climbing to more than 3,600 people.

The cover of the first "Charlie Hebdo" issue since last week's terrorist attack in Paris is out, and the editors are NOT backing down.

Still not clear yet, House of Commons security says. pic.twitter.com/4KrAhHB2FM — Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) October 22, 2014 There were “several shooting incidents in downtown Ottawa” Wednesday morning, according to Ottawa police.

The first female air force pilot in the United Arab Emirates led airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria earlier this week, the federation's ambassador to Washington said on Thursday as he pledged his country will do "whatever is necessary" to defeat the militant group.

The Muslim Extremist group ISIS has already broadly threatened the United States for airstrikes against the group, killing two American journalists, and threatening to behead a third person, a British citizen, for the UK's participation in efforts to halt their growth.