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Pope apologizes for church abuse in Australia
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Pope John Paul II led the world's Roman Catholics since he was the surprise choice of the College of Cardinals on Oct. 16, 1978. (article 16)
Support groups for victims of church abuse in Australia, whose numbers are not known but who activists say are in the thousands, had demanded the pope make a full and open apology for clergy abuse and do more to prevent future abuse. (article 11)
The pontiff is in Australia to lead hundreds of thousands of pilgrims in the church's World Youth Day, a celebration meant to inspire a new generation of Catholics. (article 11)
The pope, making some of his most explicit comments on the sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the Church in several countries, also said unequivocally that those responsible should be brought to justice. (article 3)
Benedict then traveled by popemobile to the Randwick Jockey Club track where up to 300,000 pilgrims had gathered to hear the 81-year-old pontiff conduct mass to end World Youth Day, the Catholic Church's biggest youth festival. (article 6)
Without mentioning terrorism directly, the pontiff said creating harmony between religion and public life was " all the more important at a time when some people have come to consider religion as a cause of division rather than a force for unity. (article 12)
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pope, abuse, Benedict, Church, VICTIMS |
Source articles
- Pope sorry for priests' sex abuse (BBC News, 07/19/2008, 505 words)
- Pope apologizes for Church sexual abuse (Washington Post, 07/18/2008, 604 words)
- Pope apologizes for Church sex abuse (Washington Post, 07/19/2008, 332 words)
- Pope apologizes for clergy sexual abuse (Washington Post, 07/19/2008, 811 words)
- Pope apologizes for church abuse in Australia (cbc.ca, 07/19/2008, 447 words)
- Pope flies over sea of young pilgrims (Washington Post, 07/19/2008, 374 words)
- Pope urges Australian youths to spurn materialism (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/19/2008, 612 words)
- Pope Calls for a ‘New Age’ in Final Australia Mass (nytimes.com, 07/20/2008, 483 words)
- Pope Apologizes for Sexual Abuse in Australia (nytimes.com, 07/19/2008, 426 words)
- Pontiff apologizes for abuse by clergy (boston.com, 07/19/2008, 725 words)
- Pope apologizes for clergy abuse - (baltimoresun.com, 07/19/2008, 341 words)
- Pope urges all faiths to unite (cbc.ca, 07/18/2008, 592 words)
- Pope urges unity against terror (BBC News, 07/18/2008, 522 words)
- Pope hits out at consumer culture (BBC News, 07/17/2008, 116 words)
- Pope says world's resources being squandered - (baltimoresun.com, 07/17/2008, 419 words)
- CBC News Indepth: POPE JOHN PAUL II (cbc.ca, 07/20/2008, 160 words)
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