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Pope punishes leading critic Cardinal Burke in second action against conservative American prelates
Read full article: Pope punishes leading critic Cardinal Burke in second action against conservative American prelatesPope Francis has decided to take measures to punish Cardinal Raymond Burke, who is one of his highest-ranking critics.
Italy court blocks Bannon-linked plans for populist academy
Read full article: Italy court blocks Bannon-linked plans for populist academyThe Council of State ruled that the Culture Ministry was correct in cancelling the concession it had given to the Dignitatis Humanae Institute, or Human Dignity Institute. The ruling overturned an earlier decision by a regional administrative tribunal that had sided with the institute. AdBannon had said he would bring in teachers and raise money for the academy, which had been dubbed a “gladiator school" for the alt-right. AdBannon said Tuesday the court decision was a politically motivated “joke" that was befitting of a developing country. Prosecutors in New York say the money instead went to pay a campaign official’s salary and personal expenses.
Fiasco over pope's cut civil union quote intensifies impact
Read full article: Fiasco over pope's cut civil union quote intensifies impactPope Francis, right, greets bishops at the end of 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. A source in Mexico said the Vatican, which used its own cameras to shoot the interview and provided raw footage to Televisa afterward, had deleted the civil union quote in question. After the anecdote ends, the film cuts to Francis’ civil union comments in the Televisa interview. As pope, Francis had never come out publicly in favor of legal protections for civil unions, and no pontiff before him had, either.