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Irish abuse survivor wants an action plan from the pope, not an apology

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- Analysis, WMF Ireland
- Aug 21, 2018
Accountability for abuse cover-ups may be acid test for pope's Irish trip

A new letter to the People of God from Pope Francis on the child sexual abuse scandals in the Church may frustrate as many people as it reassures.
- Church in UK and Ireland, Global Church, WMF Ireland
- Aug 21, 2018
Church is at a tipping point, says former Irish president

Only days before the pope's arrival in Dublin, the former Irish president launched a report to challenge the Church's teaching on homosexuality.
- Interviews, WMF Ireland
- Aug 21, 2018
Irish abuse survivor wants an action plan from the pope, not an apology

Irish sexual abuse survivor Marie Collins says she's heard apologies from popes before over the Church's scandals. What she wants from Pope Francis is to know what he's going to do.
- Vatican
- Aug 21, 2018
Pope: No 'rupture' in 'Amoris,' which is rooted in 'classical doctrine' of Aquinas

In the preface to a new book, Pope Francis insists that his family treatise "Amoris Laetitia" does not represent a "rupture" with previous teaching and that it's based on the "classical doctrine" of St. Thomas Aquinas.
- Vatican, WMF Ireland
- Aug 21, 2018
Reaction to Pope's abuse letter: 'Nice words, but it's time for action'

Abuse survivors, advocates and members of the clergy respond to Pope Francis's letter to the People of God addressing clerical sexual abuse scandals.

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- Aug 11, 2018
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