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Pope Francis leaves a mass on World Children's Day at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on May 26, 2024. (FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)

Vatican sorry for Pope Francis gay slur

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Pope Francis (Getty/Alberto Pizzoli)

Was Pope's summit a publicity stunt?

Matthew Rozsa
Father Kris Stubna walks to the sanctuary following a mass to celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at St Paul Cathedral, the mother church of the Pittsburgh Diocese on August 15, 2018 in Pittsburgh. (Getty/Jeff Swensen)

Priestly pedophilia is centuries old

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No leader

Scott Eric Kaufman
Pope Francis speaks to reporters aboard the plane during the flight from Rome to Habana, Cuba, on his way to a week-long trip to Mexico, Friday, Feb. 12, 2016. The pontiff is scheduled to stop in Cuba for an historical meeting with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill that the Vatican sees as a historic step in the path toward healing the 1,000-year schism that split Christianity. (Alessandro Di Meo/Pool Photo via AP) (AP)

But the Vatican has walls!

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The pope got played

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Cardinal Raymond Burke (AP/Tom Gannam)

Jenny Kutner
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