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Italy abuse case highlights how scandal slowly beginning to come to light in pope's backyard
ROME (AP) — The clergy sexual abuse scandal is slowly gathering steam in Italy with increasing media coverage, criminal convictions and the launch Monday of an investigative podcast dedicated to a case that tangentially involved Pope Francis. A Sicilian court last week convicted a...
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Pope meets with child protection board as events outside Vatican show abuse scandal isn't going away
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis sought to encourage his child protection board on Thursday to continue helping victims, as new developments outside the Vatican underscored that the Catholic Church’s clergy sex abuse scandal isn’t going away anytime soon. Francis met with his...
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There was no meet cute for 'One Day' stars Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod
LONDON (AP) — There was no meet cute for Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall. The British actors star as Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew, two students who meet by chance in 1988, on the last day of university in “One Day,” the new Netflix series based on David Nicholls' bestseller. ...
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UN agency confirms 119.8-degree reading in Sicily two years ago as Europe's record high temperature
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s weather agency on Tuesday confirmed a reading of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in Sicily two years ago as the hottest temperature ever recorded in Europe. The World Meteorological Organization says the Sicilian scorcher was picked up on...
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