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Pope Francis breaks protocol, goes to confession before junior priest in public

Pope Francis waving in this file photograph

VATICAN: Pope Francis surprised his own master of ceremonies on Friday by confessing his sins to an ordinary priest in St. Peter's Basilica.

The pope was presiding at service intended to show the importance he attaches to the sacrament of reconciliation, commonly known as confession.

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