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A massacre in a place of solace.

Hello again, I'm Mormon Olney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues. Americans care about most.

Nine people were shot to death last night during prayer

at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina.

A young white suspect has been arrested.

He's reported as saying he wanted to kill black people.

We'll hear how the victims are being remembered,

and we'll get President

Obama's reaction. In the second half of our program, Pope Francis is blaming global warming

on human activity and lambasting political leaders for looking the other way. His authority

already is being challenged by climate change skeptics here in the United States. First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren Olney, back with

To the Point. In September, Pope Francis is scheduled to meet with President Obama and make an address

to Congress. Today, he issued an encyclical on climate change, posing direct challenges to world

leaders who failed to take urgent action. We'll hear about that in the second half of our program.

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