The Vatican sent mixed messages to the People rsquo s Republic of China before and at the end of Pope Francis rsquo s two-country Asia visit which ended earlier this week In mid-December the Pope declined to meet the Dalai Lama who was visiting Rome At the time the Vatican cited the sensitivity

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Last night at the Mission Church of Santa Clara University in Santa Clara California Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga Archbishop of Tegucigalpa Honduras President of Caritas Internationalis and Head of the Pope rsquo s Council of Cardinals the so-called ldquo Gang of Nine rdquo pr

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In a wide-ranging press conference on the flight from Manila to Rome Pope Francis spoke about corruption in Governments and the Church the need for prudence with freedom of expression why he didn rsquo t meet the Dalai Lama recently and the Church rsquo s position on birth control nbsp He talke