GUAM
Pacific Daily News
[with video]
Haidee V Eugenio , heugenio@guampdn.com July 5, 2017
Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes has declared a “Year of Reparation” for the Catholic Church on Guam because of the magnitude of clergy sexual abuses and outbreaks of violence, child abuse, drug abuse and the highest divorce rate in the world, among other things.
“(Reparation) is a way of restoring the balance of justice when people have been harmed,” Byrnes said during his monthly “Updating the Faithful” series Wednesday morning.
Byrnes said declaring a Year of Reparation, which will begin July 6, signifies solidarity with all victims of social ills, including clergy abuse and violence, and a collective quest for justice.
He said civil and ecclesiastical remedies are always insufficient in restoring justice, but he said the power of prayer and acts of mercy go a long way in helping to achieve that.
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