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    Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95

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    · Dec 31, 2022 · 05:08 pm
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    · Jan 09, 2020 · 01:25 pm
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    Kerala nun Mariam Thresia and four others declared saints by Pope Francis at Vatican event

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    · Oct 13, 2019 · 03:50 pm
  • ‘A sin that shames the clergy’: Pope Francis calls for zero tolerance towards child sex abuse

    ‘A sin that shames the clergy’: Pope Francis calls for zero tolerance towards child sex abuse

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    · Jan 03, 2017 · 09:41 am
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    · Dec 25, 2016 · 09:21 pm
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    More laymen and women should be included in Vatican bureaucracy’s top posts, says Pope Francis

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