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Pope Francis held a private meeting with a same-sex couple in the United States the day before he met with Kim Davis, the county clerk who opposes same-sex marriage.

In an exclusive interview with CNN, Yayo Grassi, who along with his partner met the Pope, declined to disclose details about the short visit, but said it was arranged personally by Pope Francis, who is a longtime friend. Ref. CNN

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Vatican denies Pope Francis brain tumor report

The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the report was "Totally unfounded." Ref. Source 6n

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Pope Francis will meet the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Vatican said.

It will be the first meeting between the heads of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches in history, since the split between Eastern and Western Christianity nearly 1,000 years ago. Ref. CNN.

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'Feed people, not wars,' pope says in address to U.N. Food agency:

"(Weapons) circulate with brazen and virtually absolute freedom in many parts of the world. As a result, wars are fed, not people," said Francis, who has often condemned arms manufacturing and trafficking. Ref. Source 4o.

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Pope Francis and the Decline of the West

Pope Francis made comments last week that reveal the most important single thing you need to know about the modern world: The most dynamic religion of the last hundred years has been leftism. Not Christianity, and not Islam, but leftism. Leftism has taken over the world’s leading educational institutions, the world’s news media and the world’s popular entertainment, and it has influenced Christianity (And Judaism) far more than Christianity (Or Judaism) has influenced anything. On July 26, two Muslims slit the throat of a French Roman Catholic priest, the Rev. Jacques Hamel,... Ref. Source 6d.

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Katy, Orlando meet Pope Francis. AS Katy Perry’s legal battle with a nun continues, the pop star and on-again-off-again boyfriend Orlando Bloom met Pope Francis at the Vatican. Source 3d.

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Ex-Vatican diplomat calls on 'sinful' Pope Francis to resign over sex abuse scandal. Pope Francis should resign for 'sinful conduct' in covering up sexual abuse allegations against Theodore McCarrick, a retired Vatican diplomat says. Source 3c.

Pope Francis Studies Catholicism - Page 11

Pope Francis summons presidents of every bishops conference for February meeting on preventing clergy sex abuse. The meeting, to be held February 21-24, is believed to be the first of its kind. The Catholic Church has been struggling with sex abuse by its clergy for decades. An investigation in the United States earlier this year found rampant sexual abuse of more than 1,000 children in Pennsylvania. Recently, Francis’ papacy has been jolted by accusations he rehabilitated a top American cardinal who had been sanctioned for molesting and harassing adult seminarians. Ref. USAToday.