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May God forgive you and horrific step: The week in quotes

“Then he toasted us and said, ‘May God forgive you for what you’ve done.’”

IT WAS A week in which the Catholic Church’s cardinals elected a new Pope.

The election of a seemingly modest Pope Francis took the sting out of the big political story in Ireland: the penalty points fiasco involving Luke Ming Flanagan.

Meanwhile the government was busy saying it was going to cut bankers’ pay and address the mortgage arrears crisis.

All that and more, it’s the week in quotes:

May God forgive you and horrific step: The week in quotes

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