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EndNotes archive for Dec. 23, 2013

MONDAY, DEC. 23, 2013

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano Pope Francis visits the Santa Marta dispensary at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. For more than 90 years, the dispensary on the Vatican grounds has been distributing milk, clothing, diapers, toys and even baby carriages to families in need. (L' Osservatore Romano)

Pope Francis ~ this week

He is Time magazine’s "Person of the Year;" he is tweeted about and talked about and loved. He celebrated his birthday last week and invited in homeless neighbors. Later in the week when a woman’s baby was crying, he suggested the child needed to be…

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Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.