Pope Leo XIV Clarifies Reported Description of Sexual Abuse in Church as 'Systemic'
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Pope Leo XIV clarifies reported description of sexual abuse in Church as 'systemic'
On Sunday, victims who met with the pope in France said he had marked a major shift by calling the sexual violence 'systemic.' However, on his flight back to Rome, Leo said that he had been referring to organizations within the Church that, 'at times,' have 'as a system, been abusive.'
The seven people met in Lourdes, victims of sexual abuse within the framework of the church, had evoked a "major awareness" of the pope.
On board the papal plane, Undefined. Pope Leo XIV stated on Monday that some parts of the Catholic Church have had abusive behaviors “as a system”, after their encounter with several victims of sexual abuse by the clergy in France. “Several of them spoke of systemic abuses,” the pope declared to journalists on the plane back to the Vatican, referring to the victims. “Personally, I prefer to express it in another way, although I did speak of some…
The pope replied Monday evening to the 85 journalists who followed him during his four days in France.
Pope Leo XIV pointed to the recovery of the “true missionary spirit” in response to the deep decline of the Catholic Church in Germany. During the press conference on Monday, September 28, on the return flight from France, the Pontiff was convinced that there are still “much people” in the [...]
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