Bogotá, April 30, 2025 (AFP) - Pope Francis saw clergy's lack of humility as a 'cancer': author

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Pope Francis saw priests' embrace of the trappings of power as a "cancer" corroding the Roman Catholic Church, according to a best-selling Spanish author who travelled to Mongolia with the pontiff. Javier Cercas, a journalist and novelist who was raised in a devout Catholic household but is himself an atheist, was invited to join Francis on the first visit by a pope to Mongolia in August-September 2023. The visit gave rise to a book -- translated......

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