VATICAN CITY
Zenit
VATICAN CITY, FEB. 6, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is reminding the participants at a symposium on clergy sexual abuse that healing for victims is of paramount importance, and it must go hand in hand with the Church’s own renewal.
The Pope said this in a message signed by his secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, and sent to the rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University, which is hosting a symposium titled “Towards Healing and Renewal.” The symposium began today and runs through Thursday, and aims to aid bishops and religious superiors.
The message said the Holy Father is praying for “this important initiative,” and that he “asks the Lord that, through [the participants’] deliberations, many bishops and religious superiors throughout the world may be helped to respond in a truly Christ-like manner to the tragedy of child abuse.”
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