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Abuse Survivor On How Catholic Church Will Make Good On Pope's Vow

5:40pm February 25, 2019

Juan Carlos Cruz, a victim of a Chilean predator priest, helped organize a meeting between abuse survivors and Vatican officials last week. He tells NPR's Ari Shapiro his thoughts on Pope Francis' vow to erase abuse in the church "from the face of the Earth."

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Abuse Survivors Wanted Pope's Summit To Issue Zero Tolerance Rules

12:33pm February 25, 2019

David Greene talks to Peter Isely, an abuse survivor and co-founder of the Ending Clergy Abuse network, about Pope Francis' conference on clergy sexual abuse.

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Vatican's Summit On Clergy Sex Abuse Left Many Survivors Disappointed

8:29am February 25, 2019

by Amy Sisk

The summit in Rome came after a Pennsylvania grand jury report detailed widespread sexual abuse by priests. Survivors say the meeting's outcome left them wanting more.

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News Brief: Pence In Colombia, Vatican Summit, Oscar Results

5:11am February 25, 2019

Vice President Pence talks to Latin American leaders about Venezuela's crisis. The pope calls for an "all-out battle" against clergy sex abuse. And, Green Book wins the Oscar for best picture.

Pope Francis Calls To Fight Sex Abuse; United Methodists Debate LGBTQ Issues

5:15pm February 24, 2019

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Washington Post religion reporter Julie Zauzmer about two major religious conferences held this weekend.

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Pope Francis celebrated a final Mass on Sunday to conclude his unprecedented summit of Catholic leaders on clergy sexual abuse.

Pope Calls For 'All-Out-Battle' On Clergy Sex Abuse, With Few Specifics

4:15pm February 24, 2019

by Francesca Paris

At the end of his four-day summit, Pope Francis called priests who had abused minors "instruments of Satan." But critics said his address did not offer a strong enough message against clergy abuse.

Vatican Sex Crimes Investigator On Summit

10:49am February 24, 2019

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Archbishop Charles Scicluna, top Vatican sex crimes investigator, about the sex abuse summit that ends Sunday.

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Church Leaders Respond To Vatican Sex Abuse Summit

8:02am February 24, 2019

The first-ever Vatican summit on preventing clergy sex abuse ended Sunday. We hear from church leaders around the globe.

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Evangelicals pray during a church service in Havana, Cuba. Religious groups on the island have come out in opposition to a new constitution which will be voted on on Sunday.

Religious Leaders In Cuba Outspoken And Critical Of Proposed Constitution

2:37pm February 23, 2019

by Tom Gjelten

Cubans vote this weekend on a new constitution that enshrines the Communist party as the "supreme guiding political force." Religious leaders are critical of new limits on pluralistic thought.

Dennis Christensen, a Danish Jehovah's Witness accused of extremism, is escorted into a courtroom to hear his verdict in the town of Oryol on Feb. 6.

Opinion: Jehovah's Witnesses Cling To Faith Despite Arrests In Russia

1:15pm February 23, 2019

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Branded as "religious extremists," dozens of Witnesses were arrested in recent raids in Siberia.

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