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Pope suggests 'better to be atheist than hypocritical Catholic'

Pope Francis delivered another criticism of some members of his own Church on Thursday, suggesting it is better to be an atheist than one of "many" Catholics who he said lead a hypocritical double life. Chris Dignam reports.