Papal Envoy Asks Forgiveness in Divided Chilean Diocese

A papal emissary asked forgiveness Sunday from Roman Catholics in a region of Chile where people bitterly protested a now-resigned bishop who had once been a lieutenant of the country's most notorious predator priest. Archbishop Charles Scicluna said a Mass and told worshippers that "Pope Francis has given me the task of asking pardon from all of the faithful in the diocese of Osorno." The pope at one point had dismissed complaints against Bishop Juan Barros as...

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