Italy legalized same-sex civil unions in 2016, overriding opposition from Catholics and conservatives, yet it fell short of giving them adoption rights
77% of the perpetrators were priests and most of the victims were boys.
77% of the perpetrators were priests and most of the victims were boys.
Francis also rejected claims by some conservatives that Benedict, who died on Aug. 31, was embittered by some of the current pope's decisions.
A Nigerian gunman, with a history of targeting Catholic priests, has burnt a priest to death and shot another.
The retired former pope has been laying in state without the papal regalia, but will be buried in the traditional three coffins in the Vatican.
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