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GuardianSep 27Preview

Pope Leo urges healing of ‘deep wounds’ before meeting child sexual abuse survivors in France

Pontiff also uses visit to Catholic shrine at Lourdes to criticise assisted dying as ‘false compassion’The pope has called on the Catholic church to heal “deep wounds” and “painful errors”, before a meeting survivors of child sexual abuse as he continues his four-day visit to France.Addressing a crowd in a large field near the Catholic shrine of Lourdes on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV called on the church to reckon with its past, without directly referencing sexual abuse scandals in France that affected at least 330,000 children over seven decades. Continue reading...

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GuardianSep 27Preview

This is how we do it: ‘As a sexual abuse survivor, I’ve had to relearn how to have healthy sex’

Miranda felt intimacy and love with Ishan right away, but sex was more awkward to navigate• How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyWhen you spend time talking about repressed memories, it brings up a lot of shame and complicated feelings Continue reading...

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BBCSep 26Preview

Burnham not doing enough to boost growth, says former business secretary

Ex-Business Secretary Peter Kyle calls for more urgency on the economy, as Labour members head to the party's annual conference.

NYTSep 25Preview

U.N. Releases New List of Companies It Says Do Business With Israeli Settlements

Israel condemned the database of firms tied to activity in the occupied West Bank as a “political tool” to advance “a smear campaign.”

Nick Cumming-BruceWest BankIsraeli Settlements

BBCSep 22Preview

Trump says he can do business with Burnham but criticises 'terrible' Chagos deal

The UK has proposed handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and paying to lease back an important military base.

Al JazeeraSep 27Preview

Pope pledges action on clergy child abuse in meeting with French survivors

Head of the Roman Catholic Church holds 'emotional' two-hour meeting with seven abuse victims in French town of Lourdes.

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