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For now, this is the only English item I can find to post directly. Some Italian reports I've seen also quote the Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Vingt-Trois.


French bishops' letter to the Pope:
'Ashamed' of priest offenders,
they also denounce media campaign
'to attack you personally'




PARIS, March 26 (AP) - France's Roman Catholic bishops say in a letter to Pope Benedict XVI that they are ashamed of priests who committed "abominable acts" by molesting and raping children.

The French bishops have written in a letter to the pope "those who carried out these acts have disfigured the church, wounded Christian communities and cast suspicion on all the members of the clergy."

They say they "all feel shame and regret when faced with the abominable acts carried out by certain priests."

The bishops also addressed a message of support to the Pope, saying the sexual abuse "is being used in a campaign to attack you personally."

The French bishops' letter was released Friday after they met in Lourdes, site of the famous Catholic shrine.


Bless them! I didn't mean to sound cynical when I commented earlier that this was surprising from them, 'of all people'. I meant, more specifically: Has anyone heard a word of support lately from the Archbishop of Vienna, student of Prof. Ratzinger, member of the Ratzinger Schuelerkreis, and president of the Benedict XVI/Joseph Ratzinger Foundation? Speaking on his own personal behalf, at least, if not for the Austrian bishops conference that he leads? Anyone?

He should take the cue from Cardinal Vingt-Trois:



The Archbishop of Paris:
"Everyone knows the Pope's strictness...'



LOURDES, March 26 (Translated from SIR) - A total defense of Pope Benedict XVI's work against pedophile offenses by priests in the Church was affirmed today by the bishops' conference of France.

Their president, Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, Archbishop of Paris, said at the end of the bishops' spring meeting:

In the face of the campaign of defamation and calumny which has been organized to darken the image of the Pope, we have sent him a message of solidarity and communion.

We all know with what vigor he has acted, first as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and now as Supreme Pontiff, for placing at the disposition of bishops the means to face these criminal situations with force and clarity.

This year, our Church will mark Easter in a climate of suspicion and sorrow. The cases of pedophilia denounced in some countries of Europe are a cause for scandal among many of our contemporaries and casts Catholics into shame and disorientation.

The Pope's letter to the Catholics of Ireland expresses compassion for the victims, acknowledges courageously the errors and omissions of the past, and calls for severe measures to avoid that similar aberrations may be repeated.


As for the situation in France, the Archbishop gave assurances that the Church in France has been committed to this approach since the early part of the decade with the publication of a document entitled 'Fight pedophilia' which was sent to all educators.

"This is a problem that concerns out entire society and not just the Church. We would like to see other institutions do the same work that the Church is doing".


BRAVO, MONSEIGNEUR VOTRE EMINENCE!

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