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Francis the Radical?

Hallelujah

The pope’s comment about gay priests sounded revolutionary—but may not have been. Barbie Nadeau reports.

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Just when you thought Pope Francis didn’t have any more surprises up his sleeve, there he goes again. On the papal flight back to Rome after a raucous reception for World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro on Monday, Francis gave an 80-minute Q&A session to journalists in which he...

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