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Archbishop Paul Etienne has led the Archdiocese of Seattle since 2019, and has been a bishop since 2009. He has previously led the Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska, and the Diocese of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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<div style="font-size: 19px; font-family: 'Georgia', serif;"><p>Pope Francis returned Sept. 23 from a two-day trip to Marseille, France, where he repeated his calls for the world to be compassionate to migrants in word and deed. </p>
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Stephen Copeland is a writer and storyteller who writes regularly for Franciscan Media and the St. Anthony Messenger. He is the author of In the House of Rising Sounds (2023), Where the Colors Blend (2018), and collaborator on Franciscan Lectio (2022). Stephen's work can be found at www.copelandwrites.com.