When Pope Francis becomes the first pontiff to visit an independent East Timor, he will confront a clergy beset by child abuse scandals that have been largely ignored by the deeply Catholic country's freedom heroes.
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Pope Francis again asked for forgiveness after meeting on Friday with residential school survivors in the Arctic territory of Nunavut, the last stop in his six-day visit to Canada to apologize to indigenous… 
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An independent investigation by French Catholic bishops has found cases of abuse dating back to 1950, with more than half taking place between 1950 and 1970.06.10.2021, Sputnik International...
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Francis in June had ordered Janiak to leave Kalisz and forbade him from having any influence on how the diocese is run pending the investigation.
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Pope Francis said he felt shame for not believing Chilean victims who claimed Bishop Juan Barros, who he appointed in 2015, covered up child sex abuse by his mentor Fernando Karadima.
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Shaun Dougherty never imagined his very personal crusade against Catholic clergy sexual abuse would lead him to the Vatican...
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It is not enough to ask people who have suffered abuse for their forgiveness, Pope Francis said.
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Pope Francis on Monday apologized for the "evil" inflicted on the Indigenous peoples of Canada on the first day of a visit focused on addressing decades of abuse at Catholic-run residential schools.
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The alarming reports of sexual abuse by Catholic priests of minors and vulnerable adults in most parts of the world is a shocking truth...
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A man allegedly targeted by a paedophile priest is to sue the Pope, it emerged today.
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God is purifying his Church through the painful revelations of the abuse scandals, so do not be discouraged," Pope Francis said....
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“To those who abuse minors, I would say this: Convert and hand yourself over to human justice, and prepare for divine justice,” Francis said in his traditional Christmas address to the Curia, the Vatican’s central administration. “Let it be clear that, faced with these abominations, the church will spare no effort to do all that is necessary to bring to justice to whoever has committed such crimes. The church will never seek to hush up or not take seriously any case.”
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Help find the predators who won't leave little kids be. Let's catch 'em, lock 'em up and throw away the keys.
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