A Chilean bishop acknowledged the damage inflicted on survivors of clerical sex abuse and the mishandling of cases by church leaders in the country.
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Pope Says He Made Mistakes In Chilean Sex Abuse Case
In a letter to the bishops of Chile, Pope Francis apologized for underestimating the seriousness of the sexual abuse crisis in the country following a recent investigation into allegations concerning Bishop Juan Barros of Osorno.
Pope Francis Heads to Chile Indigenous Area After Churches Burned
Looking to put Chile’s sex abuse scandal behind him, Pope Francis dives Wednesday into another divisive issue roiling the South American nation: the plight of the indigenous Mapuche and their long-running conflicts with government authorities.
In Chile and Peru, Pope Faces Complex Politics
When it comes to papal travel, more often than not, the news lies in the “what” of the trip: what message the pope wants to give a particular country, or even a continent, once he gets there. Other times, however, the news is in the “where,” meaning the message comes across loud and clear well before the pontiff actually arrives.
Vatican Announces Papal Trip To Peru and Chile in 2018
Pope Francis will travel to Colombia in September, and the Vatican announced, he will return to South America in January for a visit to Chile and Peru.