Rome, 9 Nov. (LaPresse) – Pope Leo XIV met this afternoon in Argentina with five people who had been victims of abuse by members of the clergy and ecclesiastical institutions in the country. The meeting, which lasted over an hour, took place before the Pontiff travelled to the Argentine Catholic University for a meeting with representatives from the world of work. This was announced by the Holy See Press Office, which specified that the five individuals had been introduced by the local Church. The Pope “spoke individually with each of them, listened to their words, the painful experiences they had endured and their proposals for strengthening paths to healing within the Church”, reports the Vatican Press Office. At the end of the meeting, Leo XIV greeted the five people together, imparted his blessing upon them and thanked them for the meeting and their witness of faith. “To them, and through them to the other victims whom it was not possible to meet, the Pope expressed his closeness and his desire to strengthen pathways of protection, goodness, welcome and support within the Church,” reads the statement from the Holy See Press Office.
Pope Leo XIV: meeting in Argentina with five victims of abuse by members of the clergy
Rome, 9 Nov. (LaPresse) – Pope Leo XIV met this afternoon in Argentina with five people who had been victims of abuse by members of the clergy and ecclesiastical institutions in the country. The meeting, which lasted over an hour, took place before the Pontiff travelled to the Argentine Catholic University for a meeting with representatives from the world of work. This was announced by the Holy See Press Office, which specified that the five individuals had been introduced by the local Church. The Pope “spoke individually with each of them, listened to their words, the painful experiences they had endured and their proposals for strengthening paths to healing within the Church”, reports the Vatican Press Office. At the end of the meeting, Leo XIV greeted the five people together, imparted his blessing upon them and thanked them for the meeting and their witness of faith. “To them, and through them to the other victims whom it was not possible to meet, the Pope expressed his closeness and his desire to strengthen pathways of protection, goodness, welcome and support within the Church,” reads the statement from the Holy See Press Office.