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18 December 2017

Pope will consider Aust inquiry's findings

The Vatican and Australia's Catholic leaders say they will seriously consider a royal commission's call for sweeping reforms, although archbishops refuse to break the seal of confession to reveal child abuse. It will be up to the Pope and his advisers to accept many of the Australian inquiry's far-reaching recommendations, including changes to canon law and voluntary celibacy for its priests.

http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/abuse-inquiry-deserves-to-be-studied-pope/news-story/a3b7c4d41f47ac67d113455d7b852e6a