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Pope Francis, background center, poses with the participants to the second session of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops gather in the Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis’ Catholic Church reform process ends without giving more equity to women

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This Sunday, June 2, 2019, file photo shows Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory posed for a portrait following mass at St. Augustine Church in Washington. Pope Francis has named 13 new cardinals, including Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red cap. In a surprise announcement from his studio window to faithful standing below in St. Peter’s Square, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, Francis said the churchmen would be elevated to a cardinal’s rank in a ceremony on Nov. 28. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Pope names 13 new cardinals, including 1st Black US prelate

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Francis greets faithful after celebrating Mass on the occasion of the Migrant and Refugee World Day, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope meets with Jesuit targeted by right for gay outreach

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Pope Francis asperges holy water as he celebrates a Pentecost mass in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

LGBT community cheers Pope Francis’ ‘God made you like this’ remark

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

In this Sept. 2015 photo provided by Erin X. Smithers, Michael Templeton poses with his dog in Lincoln, R.I. Templeton, 38, said he was fired from his job as music director at the Church of St. Mary in Providence, a post he held for five years, after marrying his same-sex partner. An ideological tug of war over his firing illustrates the confusion in some U.S. Roman Catholic parishes over Pope Francis’ words on homosexuality. The pope's declaration “Who am I to judge?” in 2013 energized Catholics who had pushed the church to accept gays and lesbians. Three years later, some gay Catholics and supporters who had hoped for rapid acceptance find themselves stymied by many bishops and pastors. (Erin X. Smithers via AP)

Gays and Catholicism: Pope’s words open door to confusion

By MICHELLE R. SMITH - Associated Press

In this Sept. 14, 2015, file photo, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis makes a statement to the media at the front door of the Rowan County Judicial Center in Morehead, Ky. Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, says she met briefly with the pope during his historic visit to the United States. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Vatican observers question Kim Davis visit with Pope Francis

By CLAIRE GALOFARO and RACHEL ZOLL - Associated Press

Margie Winters, right, and her wife Andrea Vettori pose for a photograph Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, in Glenside, Pa. Winters, a popular, married, gay teacher at a private Catholic school has garnered widespread support since she was fired and vows to seek out the pope's ear on LGBT issues when he visits Philadelphia next month. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Catholics wrestle with dismissals of gay employees

By Maryclaire Dale - Associated Press