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Leaders of the Catholic Church have formed an independent commission to investigate abuse cases depicted in media reports

KRAKOW, Poland (OSV News) -- The bishops of Poland March 14 announced they will create a commission of experts to investigate cases of abuse of minors by clergy from the past in the country -- an investigation that would cover the era that St. John Paul II governed the Archdiocese of Krakow as Cardinal Karol Wojtyla. The Polish hierarchy also defended John Paul II after a television stations report accused the Polish pope of cover up of abuse when he was archbishop of Krakow from 1964 to 197

The bishops of Poland announced they will create a commission of experts to investigate cases of abuse of minors by clergy from the past, including Karol Wojtyla's archbishopric.

Hundreds of Polish priests dropped everything and came to Rome to pay tribute to the pope emeritus.

When a Dutch journalist claimed to have found documents indicating that Pope John Paul II covered up clergy sexual abuse while serving as the archbishop of Krakow, it sparked a predictable media frenzy in Poland.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis revelation that he had signed a letter of resignation in case he became too ill or infirm to continue as pope made headlines around the world. But in the same interview, with the Spanish newspaper ABC, the 86-year-old pope noted that St. Paul VI had written a similar letter. And the postulator of St. John Paul IIs sainthood cause, Msgr. Slawomir Oder, in 2010 published the letters Pope John Paul prepared in 1989 and in 1994 offering the College of Cardinals

Pope Francis reveals he wrote a resignation letter in his first year in office, in case he was unable to fulfill duties

Pope Francis had signed a letter of resignation back in 2013 in the case that he becomes unable to fulfill his duties.

Pope Francis revealed he had written a resignation letter to take effect in the event he became too impaired to carry out the responsibilities of pope, but he was not the first pope to write such a letter.

Salesian Cardinal Angelo Amato is working on an evaluation of the second miracle attributed to John Paul II We had a saint in our midst. A man so filled with Jesus Christ that, like the Apostle Paul, he no longer lived but "Christ lived in him." (Galatians 2) The sentiment of the faithful expressed on the day on which his body was processed through the streets of Rome, "Santo Subito" still echoes as the Church proceeds with the cause of his canonization.There is little doubt we will soon affir...