The Holy Father opened his weeklong visit to Chile and Peru with a somber apology for sexual abuse by priests, a scandal that has roiled the Catholic Church. “I cannot help but express the pain and shame,” he said, “shame that I feel over the irreparable harm caused to children by church ministers.”

Pope apologizes for abuse in Chile
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