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marylandblue

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2. He had a chance to take a concrete step right now.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 24, 2019, 11:00 AM

Feb 2019

He could have announced a special commission or ordered bishops to create protocols for investigating abuse. US bishops created a policy in November, but he blocked it.

So nothing happened. I am very disappointed in this Pope.

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Pope Francis compares abuse of children to human sacrifice [View all] Eugene Feb 2019 OP

Conference is over. We'll see what happens next. MineralMan Feb 2019 #1

He had a chance to take a concrete step right now. marylandblue Feb 2019 #2

The Bishops meeting was just a showpiece. MineralMan Feb 2019 #3

Weird thing for him to say. Pope George Ringo II Feb 2019 #4

... Major Nikon Feb 2019 #5