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Pope Francis walks next to Cardinal Marc Ouellet as he arrives to open an international symposium on priesthood at the Vatican in this Feb. 17 file photo. The Vatican press office, in an Aug. 18 statement, said the pope decided that there was not sufficient evidence to open canonical proceedings against Ouellet for alleged sexual assault. (CNS/Paul Haring)