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Gravity of this act and ripped us apart: The week in quotes

“I believe they should be housed in a community of their own.”

IT WAS A week in which the Pope shocked the world by announcing his resignation.

That was undoubtedly the big news of the week but there was also the leaking of a report into the death of Savita Halappanavar, the shocking circumstances surrounding the death of Oscar Postorius’ girlfriend and the horsemeat scandal rumbled on.

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

Gravity of this act and ripped us apart: The week in quotes
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