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Pope, Salvador president, discuss beatification of slain archbishop

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The president of El Salvador met Pope Francis on Thursday to urge his fellow Latin American to put Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was murdered by a right-wing death squad in 1980, on the road to Roman Catholic sainthood.Full story

Who will fix Obama’s mess of ‘scandals’?

  Democratic consultant and crisis communications expert Chris Lehane, who served as a White House lawyer during the Clinton administration, joins Melissa Harris-Perry to talk about how to manage certain scandals at the executive level.

Pope to visit Brazil slum, meet prisoners, on first trip

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis will visit the poor in a favela and meet young prisoners when he travels to Brazil on his first international trip as pontiff in July, the Vatican said on Tuesday. Full story

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  The pope, the poor and profit

The death toll is climbing in the Bangladesh garment factory building collapse and it’s sparking a larger discussion about profit vs. the poor with Pope Francis weighing in, stressing the dignity of workers. Kate Childs Graham and Tsedeye Gebreselassie discuss.

  Benedict XVI returns to Vatican City

In an unusual development, both popes are now in the Vatican: Pope Francis and the pope emeritus. Benedict had been staying at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

  Patti Smith meets the Pope

Rock star Patti Smith, who is not Catholic, shook hands with the pontiff Tuesday while visiting the Pope’s weekly general audience at St. Peter’s Square. She is currently in Rome for a music festival. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

  New pope will confront sexual abuse in the Catholic Church

NBC’s Claudio Lavanga talks with MSNBC’s Craig Melvin to talk about Pope Francis’s efforts to confront sex abuse in the Catholic Church.

  What inspired Lizz Winstead to create 'The Daily Show'

In this week's Office Politics MSNBC’s Alex Witt interviews co-creator of the “Daily Show,” Lizz Winstead. They discuss her Midwestern roots, her thoughts on the new Pope, bringing “Air America” to the airwaves, and what inspired her to create the phenomenally successful "Daily Show".

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