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The Record
TORONTO — A Guelph native, the Archbishop of Toronto Tom Collins, has been promoted to the Pope’s international circle of advisers, the College of Cardinals.
Collins got the call Thursday from the papal nuncio’s office in Ottawa. …
Collins has already served in special roles at the request of Pope Benedict. Last year, he was appointed to a panel investigating sexual abuse in Ireland.
About that inquiry, he said the church needs to be “very involved in the life of society — addressing problems in society and helping and encouraging people to deal with that.
“If someone is suffering, if someone is in trouble, if someone is in need, the religious people are the first to respond.”
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