The following translation stems from a longer article written in German by Christian Geyer and published on 7 October 2018 in the prominent German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. LifeSiteNews presents to our readers excerpts from this article which gives English-speaking readers an idea how Pope Francis' silence with regard to Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò's allegations is perceived, and how it affects the German bishops in their own conduct in light of their own ongoing sex abuse crisis.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/german-newspaper-popes-silence-on-vigano-allegations-has-turned-his-no-tole
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