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Feb 11 2013
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Pope Benedict XVI To Resign On Feb. 28 Due To Health Concerns
The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI will resign on Feb. 28, The Associated Press reported. The 85-year-old pope announced the decision on Monday, and cited health concerns as the reason for his departure.
HuffPostMar 19 2013
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Catholic Church inaugurates Pope Francis in huge, open-air Mass
Catholic Church officially inaugurates new pope as hundreds of thousands watch in St. Peters Square.
Washington PostMar 14 2013
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New Pope Shifts Church's Center of Gravity Away From Europe
The surprise selection on Wednesday of an Argentine, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, as the new pope shifted the gravity of the Roman Catholic Church from Europe to Latin America in one fell swoop, and served as an emphatic salute to the growing power of Latinos across the Americas.
New York Times (News)Feb 21 2019
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Pope Francis Opens Summit on Sexual Abuse: ‘Hear the Cry of the Little Ones’
With his moral authority in question and his papal legacy in the balance, Pope Francis opened a historic summit meeting at the Vatican on Thursday devoted to clerical child sexual abuse, an issue that has for decades devastated some corners of his vast church while being utterly ignored and denied in others.
New York Times (News)Aug 02 2018
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Pope Francis changes Catholic Church teaching on death penalty, declares it 'inadmissible'
Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church's stance on the death penalty in a new policy published Thursday, saying it is “inadmissible” because it “attacks” the inherent dignity of all humans.
USA TODAYAug 02 2018
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Pope Francis Changes Church Teaching About Death Penalty, Now ‘Inadmissible’
Pope Francis has changed church teaching about the death penalty, saying in a new policy published Thursday that it is always “inadmissible” because it “attacks” the inherent dignity of all humans.
HuffPostJul 11 2021
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Pope Francis Makes His First Public Appearance From The Hospital Since His Surgery
From the balcony of a tenth-floor window at hospital in Rome, Pope Francis made his first public appearance Sunday since having major intestinal surgery a week ago.
The Vatican says the 84-year-old pontiff has been on the mend since his scheduled surgery on July 4 to remove a portion of his colon that had narrowed due to inflammation. This is his first known hospital stay since being
NPR (Online News)Jun 01 2021
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In major rewrite of church law, Pope Francis aims for clearer penalties for sex abuse offenders
The Vatican said Tuesday that Pope Francis has signed off on a rewrite of the universal Catholic Church's internal penal system, updating a version in place since the 1980s and laying out clearer penalties for the sexual abuse of minors.
The changes, years in the making, are in part a response to the church’s raft of abuse and financial scandals — which have often been magnified by
Washington PostApr 13 2020
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Pope Francis uses Easter message to push socialist policy of universal basic income
Pope Francis used an Easter message to advocate for a socialist "universal basic wage."
Ditch the fake news ==> Click here to get news you can trust sent right to your inbox. It's free! Writing to the leaders of social movements across the globe, Francis said universal basic income, something that only far-left American politicians support, would achieve an "ideal."
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