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Pope Francis celebrates Mass on the occasion of 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday.

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Vatican won’t bless gay unions, says ‘God can’t bless sin’

by Nicole Winfield Associated PressMarch 15, 2021

Pope Francis arrives on the popemobile to celebrate mass at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Irbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2021. The Vatican and the pope have frequently insisted on the need to preserve Iraq's ancient Christian communities and create the security, economic and social conditions for those who have left to return.(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Pope calls on Iraqi Christians to forgive, rebuild

by Nicole Winfield Associated Press, and Samya Kullab Associated PressMarch 7, 2021

In this image taken from video, United Nations peacekeepers guard the area where a U.N. convoy was attacked and the Italian ambassador to Congo killed, in Nyiragongo, North Kivu province, Congo Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. The Italian ambassador to Congo Luca Attanasio, an Italian carabineri police officer and their Congolese driver were killed Monday in an attack on a U.N. convoy in an area that is home to myriad rebel groups, the Foreign Ministry and local people said. (AP Photo/Justin Kabumba)

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Italian ambassador among 3 killed in attack on Congo convoy

by Jean-Yves Kamale Associated Press, and Nicole Winfield Associated PressFebruary 22, 2021

FILE - In this file photo dated Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, Pope Francis holds his pastoral staff as he arrives to celebrate Mass, at St. Peter's Basilica. Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly allow women to do more things during Mass, Monday Jan. 11, 2021, while reaffirming they cannot be priests. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, FILE)

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Pope gives women permission to read at Mass

by Nicole Winfield Associated PressJanuary 11, 2021

Pope Francis, center, makes the sign of the cross during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Pope Francis endorsed same-sex civil unions for the first time as pope while being interviewed for the feature-length documentary “Francesco,” which premiered Wednesday at the Rome Film Festival. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Pope backs same-sex civil unions

by Nicole Winfield Associated PressOctober 21, 2020

A health worker calls out to people to come out for screening for COVID-19 symptoms in Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums, in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. India has the third-highest coronavirus caseload in the world after the United States and Brazil. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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Global virus cases top 20 million; Russia approves vaccine

by Nicole Winfield Associated Press, Elaine Kurtenbach Associated Press, and Mark Stevenson Associated PressAugust 11, 2020

FILE - In this July 30, 2020, file photo, passengers board a Casco Bay Lines ferry bound for Peaks Island in Portland, Maine. America's failure so far to contain the spread of the coronavirus as it moves across the country has been met with astonishment and alarm on both sides of the Atlantic. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

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US tops 5 million confirmed virus cases, to Europe’s alarm

by Nicole Winfield Associated Press, and Lisa Marie Pane Associated PressAugust 9, 2020

In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Captain Glenn Miller climbs to the bridge on his sport fishing boat GonFishin V; while mate Josh Rabon, right, explains to his guests what to expect during the planned day of fishing off the Florida Keys Monday, June 1, 2020, in Islamorada, Fla. After being closed to visitors since March 22 to help curtail the spread of COVID-19, the Keys reopened Monday. Tourism employs about 45 percent of the Keys workforce. (Andy Newman/Florida...

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Lockdowns ease in Fla., Europe with new tourism rules

by Nicole Winfield Associated Press, and Curt Anderson Associated PressJune 1, 2020

Bridget Kreider, right, helps her three-year-old daughter Maggie pull on her protective face covering before entering a store, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Harmony, Pa. Customers entering stores are required to wear face coverings to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus during the COVID-19 pandemic under the state yellow phase reopening guide. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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It’s back to business, but not business as usual

by David Crary Associated Press, Mike Corder Associated Press, and Nicole Winfield Associated PressMay 20, 2020

Workers of the Calzaturificio M.G.T shoe factory in Castelnuovo Vomano, central Italy, return to work, Monday, May 4, 2020. Italy began stirring again Monday after a two-month coronavirus shutdown, with 4.4 million Italians able to return to work and restrictions on movement eased in the first European country to lock down in a bid to stem COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

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Italy eases lockdown, US lifts some restrictions

by Nicole Winfield Associated Press, and Tim Sullivan Associated PressMay 4, 2020