Nicole Winfield

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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, left, greets Pope Francis prior to the start of the beatification ceremony of Pope Paul VI and a mass for the closing of a two-week synod on family issues, in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope beatifies Paul VI at remarkable synod’s end

Nicole Winfield · October 19, 2014 12:52 pm

Rome's Mayor Ignazio Marino, left, smiles as Jonathon Dominic Spada, center, and Fabrizio Maffeo kiss after their gay marriage was registered, in Rome, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014. Marino has registered 16 gay marriages entered abroad in open defiance of Italy's Interior Ministry. Gay marriage is illegal in Italy. Interior Minister Angelino Alfano recently sent a notice to local prefects saying any registrations of gay marriages celebrated abroad would be voided. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Rome mayor defiantly registers 16 gay marriages

Nicole Winfield · October 18, 2014 3:44 pm

Pope Francis greets a Vatican Swiss Guard as he arrives for a morning session of a two-week synod on family issues, at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican alters draft report translation about gays

Nicole Winfield · October 16, 2014 7:35 pm

Bishops and Cardinals attend a morning session of a two-week synod on family issues at the Vatican, Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Vatican mystery: Where did gay welcome originate?

Nicole Winfield · October 15, 2014 7:52 pm

Cardinal Angelo Scola, left, and Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, are reflected on the glass door of the Paul VI hall as they arrive for a morning session of a two-week synod on family issues at the Vatican, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. Catholic bishops signaled a radical shift in tone Monday about accepting gays into the church, saying they had gifts to offer and that their partnerships, while morally problematic, provided homosexual couples with "precious" support. In a preliminary report, released half-way through a Vatican meeting on family life called by Pope Francis, the bishops also said the church must welcome divorcees and recognize the "positive" aspects of civil marriages and even Catholics who cohabitate, as well as the children of these less traditional families. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Conservative bishops move away from gay overture

Nicole Winfield · October 14, 2014 9:55 pm

Pope Francis attends a morning session of a two-week synod on family issues at the Vatican, Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Bishops say gays have gifts to offer church

Nicole Winfield · October 13, 2014 10:13 pm

Pope Francis talks with New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan as he arrives for an afternoon session of a two-week synod on family issues at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Gay rights groups hail new Catholic tone

Nicole Winfield · October 10, 2014 1:21 pm

Legion of Christ’s US women’s college to close

Legion of Christ’s US women’s college to close

Nicole Winfield · October 9, 2014 9:57 pm

Pope Francis is flanked by Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias as they leave at the end of the morning session of the Synod on family, a two-week meeting of 200 cardinals and bishops from around the world, at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Top Vatican cardinal wants streamlined annulments

Nicole Winfield · October 9, 2014 6:10 pm

Pope Francis smiles as he walks alongside Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, left, and Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, prior to start an afternoon session of a two-week synod on family issues at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Bishops emphasize being best possible Catholic

Nicole Winfield · October 8, 2014 5:24 pm

Pope Francis, flanked by Cardinal Fernando Sebastian Aguilar, arrives at a morning session of a two-week synod on family issues at the Vatican, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Francis has urged bishops to speak their minds about contentious issues like contraception, gays, marriage and divorce at the start of the meeting aimed at making the church's teaching on family matters relevant to today's Catholics. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope and prelates get crash course in joys of sex

Nicole Winfield · October 7, 2014 6:30 pm

Pope Francis gives a bag to Cardinal Angelo Sodano as he arrives for the afternoon session of a two-week synod on family issues at the Vatican, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Francis has urged bishops to speak their minds about contentious issues like contraception, gays, marriage and divorce at the start of the meeting aimed at making the church's teaching on family matters relevant to today's Catholics. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

APNewsBreak: Pope’s sex abuse panel makes progress

Nicole Winfield · October 6, 2014 8:30 pm