Guest Editorial: Vatican asks flock again for patience

MANKATO (MN)
Mankato Free Press.

March 2, 2019

The Vatican summoned bishops from around the world for four days of prayer and debate last week over the Roman Catholic Church’s continuing crisis over clerical sex abuse.

While Pope Francis called for “all-out battle” against “abominable crimes that must be erased from the face of the earth,” the prelates departed a week ago today without any concrete action. Nothing about abusive parish priests, nothing about the bishops who look the other way.

This is particularly disappointing considering that last November the Vatican blocked the U.S. Conference of Bishops from voting on proposals that would have sharpened policing of bishops in large part by involving lay experts.

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