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Pope Francis and Scholas Occurrentes' President Jose Maria del Corral, second from left, attend a meeting with members of the Scholas Occurrentes community of young people, an International educational movement created by Pope Francis himself, in Cascais, 25 kilometers south of Lisbon, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. (AP/Marco Bertorello)

Pope Francis urges students in Portugal to fight economic injustice, protect environment

Pope Francis challenged young people on Thursday to make the world a more just and inclusive place, as he focused the second day of his Portugal trip on inspiring students to use their privilege to combat global warming and economic inequalities.

A view of the shadowed upper half of a stone church topped by a cross and the sky

Portugal church sex abuse study: victims may number 4,800

More than 4,800 individuals may have been victims of child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church and 512 alleged victims have already come forward to speak out, an expert panel looking into historic abuse in the church said Monday.

Portuguese psychiatrist Pedro Strecht and Bishop José Ornelas Carvalho of Leiria-Fatima, president of the Portuguese bishops' conference

Portuguese bishop says conscience clear about abuse claims

A senior Portuguese Catholic Church official who has been named in investigations involving alleged cover-ups of sex abuse by priests said Oct. 12 his conscience is clear.

East Timor's Roman Catholic Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo holds hands with other priests during the Sunday's morning mass at Lisbon's Salesian religious order's church, on Sept. 12, 1999

Portugal abuse cases mount amid questions over Nobel bishop

Clergy sexual abuse cases are casting a pall over the Catholic Church in Portugal, ensnaring senior officials even as authorities scramble to explain why shelter was given to a Nobel Peace Prize-winning bishop at the center of sexual misconduct allegations.

Portugal cardinal meets pope as sex abuse allegations swirl

The Archbishop of Lisbon met Aug. 5 with Pope Francis in a private audience at the Vatican to discuss "events in recent weeks that have marked the life of the Church in Portugal," the Portuguese church said.

Bishop José Ornelas Carvalho of Setúbal, president of the Portuguese bishops' conference, announces the creation of a national commission to support local dioceses in their investigations into current and historic cases of sexual abuse, in Lisbon Dec. 2,

Portugal: Church sex abuse panel unearths over 200 cases

A lay committee looking into historic child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said Thursday that during its first month of work it received allegations from 214 people.

 

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