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5 January 2017

Vatican still talking about child sexual abuse, but not acting

ON January 2 Pope Francis issued a letter to the world’s bishops condemning the “covering up and denial” of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, and claiming the church has a “zero tolerance” of abuse.
But while the Pope refuses to change canon law his words are just more “bella figura” – an Italian term for keeping up appearances and hiding mistakes.

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4385186/pope-francis-needs-to-act-on-the-silence-of-the-bishops/