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Gerard O’Connell is America’s Vatican correspondent and author of The Election of Pope Francis: An Inside Story of the Conclave That Changed History. He has been covering the Vatican since 1985.
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He said the Gospel story helps us “to reflect how to act in daily life, when there are misunderstandings” and “to understand how the father of lies, the accuser, the devil, acts to destroy the unity of a family, of a people.”
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The statement contradicts Archbishop Viganò’s account of his meeting with the pope, in which he said Francis had never reproached him for organizing the meeting with Ms. Davis.
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A Vatican source said: “The archbishop seems to have declared open war on Pope Francis and the Vatican.”
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In the Vatican there are feelings of “bitter disappointment” and “restlessness.”
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Cardinal Burke was among the first of a small number of bishops to come out in support of Viganò’s denunciation of the pope.
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Sources close to the pope said that “he has no intention of resigning.”
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Pope Francis traveled to the Marian shrine of Knock in Ireland’s County Mayo on this rainy Sunday morning and offered prayers for the victims of abuse, for families and for peace in Northern Ireland, three themes that have been at the center of his visit to the emerald isle.
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Eight survivors of sex abuse in Ireland had strong words for Pope Francis: "Issue an unqualified apology to all the survivors."
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Leo Varadkar, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland, encouraged Pope Francis to “use your office and influence” to ensure that justice is done for sex abuse victims in Ireland and around the world.
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The Irish people "have struggled and come through because they have faith," says Sister Liz Murphy, R.S.M., on the eve of a visit from Pope Francis.