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In a letter to the faithful of Munich, the Pope Emeritus speaks of clerical pedophilia, taking his cue from the words “mea maxima culpa” repeated at ...
ROME — Retired Pope Benedict XVI on Feb. 8 acknowledged past failings of the Catholic Church in confronting clergy sexual abuse under h...
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI. / Paul Badde/CNA.Vatican City, Feb 8, 2022 / 05:00 am (CNA).Pope emeritus Benedict XVI personally requested forgiveness from abuse survivors on Tuesday in a letter responding to a report that faulted his handling of cases during his tenure as Munich archbishop from 1977 to 1982.In an almost 1,000-word letter released on Feb. 8, the 94-year-old retired pope said that his pain was all the greater as he had "borne great responsibility in the Catholic Church," reported CNA Deutsch, CNA's German-language news partner. The letter was accompanied by a three-page ...
As Germans await publication of a report on how leaders of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising handled cases of historic abu...
The presumption of innocence must also apply to Pope Benedict XVI over possible negligence, says Pree