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Pope Francis has dismissed a conservative Paraguayan ... Livieres Plano had promoted a priest in his diocese who had been accused of sexual abuse while serving in the United States.

Pope Francis also doubled down on his traditional views on abortion and praised Catholic abuse victims for their conduct.

The man charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump after allegedly positioning himself with a rifle outside one of the former president's Florida golf courses on Sept. 15 pleaded not ...