VATICAN CITY: With one week to go before the end of the Vatican’s global council on the family, Pope Francis appears increasingly likely to shrug off conservative pressures and recommend the Church take a one-to-one approach to sinners.

The 78-year-old pontiff has attended each synod session of cardinals and bishops, quietly taking notes and apparently determined not to intervene in the debate, despite provocative remarks from some of a Vatican stitch-up.

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