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KINSHASA, DR Congo -- Pope Francis arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, denouncing "economic colonialism" that he said had plundered the resources of the mineral-rich and conflict-torn nation. Pope Francis delivers a speech in the garden of the Palace of the Nation during the...

Pinto Art Museum mounts exhibit to commemorate and challenge the first circumnavigation on its 500th anniversary THY WILL BE DONE Thy Kingdom Come (diptych), pen and ink, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 40 in, by Iggy Rodriguez In September 1521, in a fleet of five ships and 270 men called the Armada de...