Trisha Thomas, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Pope Francis speaks during a ceremony at the Karatepe refugee camp, on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, Sunday.

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Pope chides Europe, comforts migrants on Aegean isle

by Nicole Winfield Associated Press, Trisha Thomas Associated Press, and Derek Gatopoulos Associated PressDecember 5, 2021

LESBOS, Greece — Pope Francis returned Sunday to the Greek island of Lesbos to offer comfort to migrants at a refugee camp and blast what he said was Europe’s indifference and self-interest “that condemns to death those on the fringes.”“Please, let us…

FILE - In this Monday, April 18, 2005 file photo, U.S. Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick attends a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. On Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019 the Vatican announced Pope Francis defrocked former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting for sex while hearing Confession. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, files)

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Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick for sex abuse

by Frances DEmilio Associated Press, Nicole Winfield Associated Press, and Trisha Thomas Associated PressFebruary 18, 2019

Pope Francis listens to the confession of an inmate during a penitential liturgy at the Las Garzas de Pacora detention center for minors, in Panama, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. Francis on Friday denounced how society puts up "invisible walls" to marginalize sinners and criminals as he brought World Youth Day to Panama's juvenile delinquents who can't participate in the Catholic Church's big festival of faith. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Pope brings World Youth Day to Panama

by Nicole Winfield Associated Press, and Trisha Thomas Associated PressJanuary 25, 2019

Playwright Cori Thomas gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in Rome, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. Cori Thomas is accusing Dustin Hoffman of exposing himself to her when she was 16, in 1980 in a New York hotel room. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Playwright alleges misconduct by Hoffman when she was 16

by Trisha Thomas Associated PressDecember 15, 2017

A group of pilgrims from Tanzania walk at the Fatima Sanctuary, in Fatima, Portugal, Thursday, May 11, 2017. Pope Francis is visiting the Fatima shrine on May 12 and 13 to canonize two Portuguese shepherd children whose "visions" of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago turned the sleepy farming town of Fatima into a major Catholic pilgrimage site. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte)

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Pope in Fatima to honor simple children who changed church

by Nicole Winfield Associated Press, and Trisha Thomas Associated PressMay 12, 2017

Italian Premier Matteo Renzi, left, comforts a woman at the end of the state funeral service for some of the victims of the earthquake that hit central Italy last Wednesday, in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016. Italians bid farewell Saturday to victims of the devastating earthquake that struck a mountainous region of central Italy this week. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Grief erupts in Italy as quake dead honored, buried

by Trisha Thomas Associated Press, and Vanessa Gera Associated PressAugust 27, 2016

Rescuers make their way through destroyed houses in Pescara Del Tronto, Italy, Thursday.

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Aftershocks rattle Italian quake zone

by Trisha Thomas Associated Press, Frances DEmilio Associated Press, and Nicole Winfield Associated PressAugust 25, 2016