Pope under attack over Canadian school abuse
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was disappointed by the refusal of Pope Francis to personally apologise for the role of the Catholic Church in abuse suffered by tens of thousands of Indigenous children at Canada’s infamous Indian residential schools.
Arsonists set fire to churches, helicopters ahead of pope’s southern Chile visit
Unknown attackers used incendiary devices to set fire to Catholic churches and three helicopters belonging to forestry companies, ahead of Pope Francis’s visit to the indigenous Mapuche homeland of Araucania in Chile, police said Wednesday. The dawn attacks and an ambush on police were carried out to “cause disorder or disturbance of the public order” […]
In Chile, Pope weeps
Pope Francis has met a small group of victims of sexual abuse by priests during his visit to Chile, praying and weeping with them, the Vatican said in a statement.
Pope in Chile seeks forgiveness for sex abuse scandals
Pope Francis on Tuesday opened his visit to Chile by asking forgiveness for child sexual abuse scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church in the South American country.
Pope Francis apologises for sexual abuse within catholic church
Pope Francis has apologised for cases of sexual abuse by clergy in the Catholic Church, saying he felt “pain and shame at the irreparable damage caused to children by some ministers of the church’’.
Sex scandals dominate Pope’s visit to Chile
Pope Francis arrived in Santiago Monday night and will hold a closely-watched meeting with members of Chile’s under-fire clergy and a Church beset by sex abuse scandals.
