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Fighting between the Druze and government-aligned factions was triggered on Tuesday after an audio clip purportedly of a Druze cleric surfaced in which he insulted Prophet Mohammad.

It was attributed to a Druze cleric, but he denied any responsibility.

Although he followed the church’s conservative doctrines on abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, he shook up the conservative norms of the church when he told clerics not to be “obsessed with” those issues.

But the cleric admitted it was more likely that the cardinals would pick someone who already had a high profile - "someone who is already an influential voice".

Juan Carlos Cruz Chellew, who was abused by a cleric in Chile when he was a boy, said one of the few people in the Church willing to listen to him was Pope Francis.