Expert hopes pontifical commission will be refuge for abuse survivors
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Expert hopes pontifical commission will be refuge for abuse survivors

ROME (CNS): The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, must not be merely engaged…

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Sorry is not enough: Abuse victims need answers, support, pope says
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Sorry is not enough: Abuse victims need answers, support, pope says

VATICAN (CNS): It is not enough to ask people who have suffered abuse for their…

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Wide ranging papal interview covers health, critics, sexual abuse, homosexuality and retirement
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Wide ranging papal interview covers health, critics, sexual abuse, homosexuality and retirement

VATICAN (CNS): In an interview with the Associated Press [AP] published on January 25, Pope…

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Vatican confirms abuse investigation into French cardinal
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Vatican confirms abuse investigation into French cardinal

VATICAN (CNS): The Vatican has decided to open an investigation into Jean-Pierre Cardinal Ricard, the…

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Pope talks women in the Church, World Youth Day, zero tolerance of sex abusers
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Pope talks women in the Church, World Youth Day, zero tolerance of sex abusers

VATICAN (CNS): “One very key thing is zero tolerance. Zero. A priest cannot continue being…

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Both Church and state need to act protect children from abuse
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Both Church and state need to act protect children from abuse

The good news is that justice sometimes works for the sake of the children—abandoned, raped,…

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Vatican guidelines for handling abuse cases updated
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Vatican guidelines for handling abuse cases updated

VATICAN (CNS): Two years after posting online a step-by-step guide for how bishops, religious superiors…

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