Pope in Dublin – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Tue, 28 Aug 2018 00:21:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 Pope begins Mass in Dublin with penitential plea for abuse scandals https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2018/08/28/pope-begins-mass-in-dublin-with-penitential-plea-for-abuse-scandals/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2018/08/28/pope-begins-mass-in-dublin-with-penitential-plea-for-abuse-scandals/#respond Tue, 28 Aug 2018 00:21:53 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=18421 DUBLIN (CNS) — Before celebrating Mass in a Dublin park, Pope Francis solemnly asked forgiveness for the thousands of cases of sexual and physical abuse perpetrated by Catholics in Ireland. “We ask forgiveness for the abuse in Ireland, abuse of power and of conscience, sexual abuse” by clergy and religious, he said Aug. 26. “In

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