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Activists disappointed at Vatican’s decision on gays
ACTIVISTS lashed out Sunday at the Catholic Church's failure at a major synod to open its doors to gay people, but praised Pope Francis for getting bishops to confront "taboos".
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio elected pope, takes name Pope Francis
THE cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church broke Europe’s millennium-long stranglehold on the papacy and astonished the Catholic world Wednesday, electing Jesuit Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina as the 266th pope.