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by Catherine MARCIANO Agence France-Presse SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — Catholic Pope Francis will hold a closely watched meeting with members of Chile’s under-fire clergy on Tuesday, the first full day of his visit to a country whose church is beset by sex abuse scandals. He arrived in Santiago Monday night and was received by leftist President Michelle Bachelet — an agnostic who has faced down the conservative opposition, including from the church, to spearhead social […]
MANILA, Philippines – World boxing champion Manny Pacquiao said that he is not affected by the negative feedback aimed against him after making a statement against same-sex marriage. Although he apologized to those who were hurt by his statement, he stood by his beliefs in the said issue. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Eight-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao apologized on Tuesday for describing homosexuals as “worse than animals” after his remarks sparked a firestorm of criticism in his native Philippines. Nearing the end of a glorious decades-long boxing career, the 37-year-old is reinventing himself as a conservative Bible-bearing politician before the country’s May elections, when he is running for a senate seat. “I’m sorry for comparing homosexuals to animals. Please forgive me […]
