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Pope John Paul II on 12 August 1993 in Denver (Colorado) Pope John Paul II made many apologies. During his long reign as Pope, he apologized to Jews, women, people convicted by the Inquisition,and almost everyone who had suffered at the hands of the Catholic Church over the years. [1]
The Pope said the church was developing a "zero tolerance" policy on abuse (which he called "crimes") and cover-ups. Vatican spokesman Greg Burke emphasized that the Pope's apology is not specific to any geographic area. "Pope Francis has written to the people of God and that means everyone." [51]
Pope Francis is expected to meet with Church sex abuse victims during his visit next week to Portugal, where a scandal erupted earlier this year. Church sex abuse revelations are unwelcome ...
In 2022, Pope Francis apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in the abuse of Canada’s Indigenous people, following the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves on the grounds of former ...
Pope Francis on Monday begged for forgiveness for the Catholic Church’s role in the abuse of Indigenous children in residential schools across Canada — the latest in a growing list of ...
Pope Francis apologized for the Catholic Church's role in colonization and for "crimes committed against the native peoples during the so-called conquest of America". [78] He has also apologized for the Church's role in the operation of residential schools in Canada , [ 79 ] qualifying it as genocide. [ 80 ]
DUBLIN (AP) — Pope Francis issued a sweeping apology Sunday for the "crimes" of the Catholic Church in Ireland, saying church officials didn't respond with compassion, truth or justice to the ...
Pope Francis later apologized to the victims of the sex abuse scandal. In late April 2018, three victims were invited to the Vatican. [152] On 11 June 2018, Francis accepted the resignations of Bishop Juan Barros Madrid of Osorno, [153] and on 28 June those of Bishops Horacio Valenzuela of Talca and Alejandro Goić Karmelić of Rancagua. [154]