Pope Francis led a prayer service on Tuesday, October 1, asking forgiveness for the failings of the Catholic Church, including treatment by clergy of women and survivors of sexual abuse. The ceremony in Saint Peter’s Basilica featured testimony from an abuse survivor who spoke about the scandals' impact on faith and the Church's reputation.
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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Tuesday, October 1, led a prayer service asking forgiveness for the failings of the Catholic Church, including treatment by clergy of women and survivors of sexual abuse, as Catholic leaders prepared to begin a monthlong summit at the Vatican. As part of Tuesday’s service, seven cardinals, the highest figures after the Pope in the 1.4-billion-member global Church, made requests for pardon for different Church failings. Francis told attendees he wrote the requests himself “because it was necessary to call our sins by their first and last names.”
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