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What Catholics can learn from protests of the past

  • Written by Mara Willard, Visiting Assistant Professor, International Studies, Boston College
A woman holds up a quilt with photos of people who say they were abused as children by priests, in San Diego, 2007.AP Photo/Denis Poroy

Pope Francis started the new year criticizing some Catholic bishops for their role in the church’s sexual abuse crisis. In a letter to bishops gathered at Mundelein Seminary in Illinois for a spiritual...

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