NEW YORK (NY)
The Independent
September 12, 2018
By Mythili Sampathkumar
The theme of the meeting will be ‘protection of minors’, the Vatican says
Pope Francis has taken the unprecedented step of calling the Catholic Church’s top officials to a meeting to discuss the increasing number of sexual abuse scandals involving clergy members.
The summit with the presidents of all the bishops around the world is set to take place at the Vatican in February next year.
It will be the first meeting of its kind, with more than 100 bishop conferences attending.
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