“I make a heartfelt appeal for an all-out battle against the abuse of minors both sexually and in other areas, on the part of all authorities and individuals, for we are dealing with abominable crimes that must be erased from the face of the earth,” the pope said.
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Journalist at abuse summit: The press is not the enemy of the church
“The faithful do not forgive the lack of transparency because it is a new assault on the victims,” Valentina Alazraki, a Mexican television reporter, told the 190 church leaders attending the Vatican summit on the protection of minors.
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Cardinal Marx: the Catholic Church must be transparent in its handling of sexual abuse
“It is not transparency which damages the church, but rather the acts of abuse committed, the lack of transparency or the ensuing cover-up.”
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Vatican official urges revision on ‘pontifical secret’ and role of laity in abuse crisis
In addressing the abuse crisis, Ms. Ghisoni called for “the dynamic involvement of the whole people of God.”
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At abuse summit, Cardinal Cupich describes a framework for bishops’ accountability
Cardinal Cupich presented a framework for “clear procedures to hold bishops involved in misconduct and mishandling [of abuse cases] accountable.”
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Cardinal Gracias: sex abuse crisis is a global problem with ‘no easy solution’
“No bishop may say to himself, ‘The problem of abuse in the church does not concern me because things are different in my part of the world,’” the archbishop of Bombay told bishops gathered in Rome.
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Pope Francis presents 21-point “road map” to guide discussion at abuse summit
Pope Francis prayed that the Holy Spirit would “sustain” summit participants and “help us to turn this evil into an opportunity for awareness and purification.”
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Cardinal Tagle at abuse summit: How do we balance justice and forgiveness?
Cardinal Tagle urged church leaders not to shy away from acknowledging the pain of victims.
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New book, ‘In the Closet of the Vatican’, produces a toxic cloud of suspicion
Frederic Martel boldly told reporters at a press conference at the Foreign Press Association in Rome on Feb. 20 that “the great majority” of the more than 200 members of the College of Cardinals are leading double lives.
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Will the summit on abuse bring meaningful changes in Rome?
“We all know that canon law has to be changed so that it stops protecting the priesthood of ordained men over the lives of children,” Anne Barrett Doyle, the co-director of BishopAccountability.org, told reporters.