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FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, July 31, 2018, Pope Francis prays during an audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican. The Vatican said Thursday Aug. 2, 2018, that Pope Francis has changed church teaching about the death penalty, saying it can never be sanctioned because it "attacks" the inherent dignity of all humans. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, FILE)

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Pope rules out death penalty in change to church teaching

by Nicole Winfield Associated PressAugust 2, 2018

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, head of the Vatican’s family and laity office, talks during an interview with The Associated Press in office in Rome, Tuesday.

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US Vatican cardinal: ‘Not once did I even suspect’ McCarrick

by Nicole Winfield Associated PressJuly 31, 2018

Pope Francis reaches out to hug Cardinal Archbishop emeritus Theodore McCarrick after the Midday Prayer of the Divine with more than 300 U.S. Bishops at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington. Allegations that the most respected U.S. cardinal repeatedly sexually abused both boys and adult seminarians has raised questions about who in the Catholic Church hierarchy knew, and what Pope Francis is going to do about it.

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Revelations of US cardinal sex abuse will force pope’s hand

by Nicole Winfield Associated PressJuly 20, 2018

CORRECTS NAME OF BOAT This undated photo released by by French NGO "SOS Mediterranee" on Monday June 11, 2018 and posted on it's Twitter account, shows migrants about to board the SOS Mediterranee's Aquarius ship and MSF (Doctors Without Borders) NGOs, in the Mediterranean Sea. Italy and Malta dug in for a second day and refused to let the rescue ship Aquarius with 629 people aboard dock in their ports, leaving the migrants at sea as a diplomatic standoff escalated under Italy's new anti-immigrant government. (Kenny Karpov/SOS Mediterranee via AP)

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Italy claims EU faces turning point in migrant boat standoff

by Nicole Winfield Associated Press, and Aritz Parra Associated PressJune 11, 2018

Marie Collins, a member of the pope's sex-abuse commission, hands a letter to Cardinal Sean O'Malley detailing the abuse of Juan Carlos Cruz and a cover-up by Chilean church authorities, at the Domus Santa Marta on April 12, 2015. Commission members and Cruz say O'Malley later confirmed he gave the letter to a Pope Francis, contradicting the pope’s recent insistence that no victims had come forward. (Catherine Bonnet via AP)

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Letter about abuse cover-up belies pope denial

by Nicole Winfield Associated Press, and Eva Vergara Associated PressFebruary 5, 2018

Rescue teams help passenger out of a derailed train at the station of Pioltello Limito, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, Thursday. Carabinieri say a commuter train carrying hundreds of people has derailed in northern Italy, killing at least two people and seriously injuring at least 10.

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Italian train derails near Milan, 3 dead, many injured

by Colleen Barry Associated Press, and Nicole Winfield Associated PressJanuary 25, 2018

Pope Francis touches his forehead as he talks with journalists during his flight from Lima, Peru, to Rome, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Pope apologizes to abuse victims, but defends Chilean bishop

by Nicole Winfield Associated PressJanuary 22, 2018

Demonstrators protest against the Catholic church and the visit of Pope Francis as they hold a banner that reads in Spanish "Neither leftists nor fools. Bishop Barros accessory to Karadima. Osorno suffers." in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. Francis' visit to Chile is expected to be fraught with a high level of opposition. Firebombings of Catholic churches in recent days have added to the tensions, as have planned protests of sex abuse and cover-ups.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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In Chile, pope met with protests, passion and skepticism

by Nicole Winfield Associated Press, and Eva Vergara Associated PressJanuary 15, 2018

A moment of the funeral service for late Cardinal Bernard Law, at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday.

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Pope prays for merciful judgment for Cardinal Law

by Nicole Winfield Associated PressDecember 21, 2017

This photo shows a marble statue representing the tragedy of migration donated by Pope Francis during his visit to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the occasion of the World Food Day, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. The statue commemorates Aylan Kurdi, the 3-year old refugee boy drowned on Sept. 2015 while crossing the Mediterranean Sea. (AP PhotoAndrew Medichini)

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Pope at UN demands response to hunger, climate, migration

by Nicole Winfield Associated PressOctober 17, 2017