Francis, the first Jesuit and Latin American pope, redefined Roman Catholic Church leadership with bold reforms while retaining its contentious traditional doctrines.
Francis used the Italian term ‘frociaggine’, roughly translating as ‘faggotness’, while he told Italian bishops he was opposed to admitting gay people into priesthood.
Thursday he mentioned the continuing debate between progressives and conservatives 60 years after Second Vatican Council, which ushered the Church into the modern world.
Vatican's acknowledgement came in response to allegations that East Timor bishop and Nobel Peace Prize winner Carlos Ximenes Belo sexually abused boys decades before.
Devasahayam Pillai's new life became a cause of serious concern among high caste Hindus. They accused him of betrayal, and of insulting Brahmins and the royal throne.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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