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FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016 file photo, Pope Francis greets children from the Vatican's Bambino Gesu Pediatric Hospital. During the audience in the Vatican's Paul VI hall, Francis exhorted hospital caregivers not to fall prey to corruption, which he called the “greatest cancer” that can strike a hospital. “Bambino Gesu has had a history that hasn't always been good,” the pope said, jettisoning his prepared remarks to decry the temptation to “transform a good thing like a children's hospital into a business, and make a business where doctors become businessmen and nurses become businessmen, everyone's a businessman!” (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican admits past problems at hospital after AP probe

By NICOLE WINFIELD and MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

In this Sept. 10, 2016 photo, registered nurse Coleen McMahon, a specialist in pediatric program development, touches the hand of a patient at a pediatric medical facility in Las Vegas. McMahon went to the Vatican's Bambino Gesu hospital in late 2013, to explore setting up a hospice program for terminally sick children. She wrote to Pope Francis to voice her concern about what she observed. The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, authorized an independent task force including McMahon to investigate. After weeks of secret meetings, they issued a devastating report. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Vatican hospital calls AP investigation into care a ‘hoax’

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