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Pope Francis delivers the Sunday Angelus prayer from a window of the apostolic palace overlooking St Peter's square, on December 6, 2015 at the Vatican. (Photo: AFP)
Pope Francis will this week launch an "extraordinary" Roman Catholic Jubilee on the theme of mercy during which priests will be allowed to absolve women who have had abortions.
In the latest incarnation of a 700-year-old Catholic tradition, Tuesday will mark the beginning of a holy period of just under a year in which believers are encouraged to renew their relationship with God and seek forgiveness for their sins.
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