Pope Francis
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Pope visits Ireland amid new global outrage over sex abuse
DUBLIN (AP) — Pope Francis arrived Saturday in Ireland, ground zero of the Catholic Church’s sex abuse crisis, with the institution under fire across the globe for its systemic failures to protect children from rapists or to punish bishops who hid the crimes. Francis is making the first papal visit to Ireland in almost four […]
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Pope changes death penalty teaching, now 'inadmissible'
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has changed Catholic 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. The Vatican said Francis had approved a change to the Catechism of the Catholic Church — the compilation of […]
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Pope Francis talks about seeing a psychoanalyst weekly years ago
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says that when he was 42 he had sessions weekly with a psychoanalyst who was female and Jewish to “clarify some things.” It wasn’t specified what the future pontiff wanted to explore. The revelation came in a dozen conversations Francis had with French sociologist Dominique Wolton, writing a soon-to-be-published […]
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Donald Trump and Pope Francis meet
Pope Francis meets with President Donald Trump on the occasion of their private audience, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump meet with Pope Francis, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool) VATICAN CITY — President Donald Trump and […]
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Pope Francis extends permission on abortion forgiveness
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is allowing all priests to absolve the faithful of the “grave sin” of abortion, extending indefinitely the special permission he had granted for the duration of the just-ended Holy Year of Mercy. Francis wrote in the Apostolic Letter made public by the Vatican on Monday that “there is no sin […]
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Pope Francis: Trump ‘is not Christian’ if he wants border wall
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis said Thursday that Donald Trump is “not Christian” if he intends to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border. Trump immediately fired back, saying it is disgraceful for a religious leader to question a person’s faith. Trump, a leading U.S. Republican presidential candidate, has promised to build a wall […]
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Six Questions For The CEO: Bill McGonagle, Handmade furniture fit for a Pope
Thos. Moser CEO Bill McGonagle and the Auburn company’s 133 employees have a front-row seat, as it were, to history this week. They are making two chairs for Pope Francis’ first U.S. visit. The pope and four cardinals will sit in Catena arm chairs during a visit to Independence Hall, and the pope will sit […]
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Mainers will travel to Philadelphia to see pope
AUBURN — Doris Ducharme will brave huge crowds in Philadelphia to see Pope Francis later this week. Asked what she would say to the pope if she got the chance, Ducharme was almost breathless. “Oh, I’d be speechless!” she said. “All I would do is hold his hand.” Like millions across the country, Ducharme, 81, […]