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Stories for September 26th 2018

  • Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 08:46 UTC

    Ex wife of Bolsonaro denies death threats in legal fight over son's custody

    Folha de S.Paulo reported that Ana Cristina Valle had told Brazil's foreign office she left the country because of the threat by far-right congressman Jair Bolsonaro

    An ex-wife of a leading Brazilian presidential candidate disputed a news report on Tuesday that she accused him of sending her a death threat amid a legal fight over their son's custody in 2011. The newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported that Ana Cristina Valle had told Brazil's foreign office she left the country because of the threat by far-right congressman Jair Bolsonaro.

  • Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 08:37 UTC

    Pope says he will appoint Chinese bishops, following on the Beijing/Vatican accord

    “It’s not (that the government) names them. It is a dialogue. But the pope will appoint them. Let that be clear,” Francis said of the deal

    Pope Francis on Tuesday defended a landmark deal between the Vatican and China on the appointment of bishops, saying he, and not the Beijing government, will have the final say on who is named. In his first public comments on the deal signed in Beijing on Saturday, he told reporters on the plane returning from a trip to the Baltics that while he realizes not everyone will understand the logic behind the agreement, he was confident in the “great faith” of Chinese Catholics.

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