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Cardinals wrap up pre-conclave meetings still uncertain about who should follow Pope Francis
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Cardinals wrap up pre-conclave meetings still uncertain about who should follow Pope Francis

  • By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press

Cardinals have wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings before they enter the conclave to elect a new pope. They are trying to identify someone who could follow Pope Francis and make the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church credible and relevant today, especially to young people. The cardinals held their last day of pre-conclave meetings Tuesday morning during which Francis' fisherman's ring and his official seal were destroyed in one of the final formal rites of the transition of his pontificate to the next.

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Sexually active gays unwelcome as priests

  • By Nicole Winfield The Associated Press
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VATICAN CITY — Reiterating its stand against sexually active gays in the priesthood, the Vatican also says in a new document that men with "tr…