In trip to Chile, Pope Francis asks for forgiveness amid protests and death threats over clergy sex abuse

Pope Francis is in Chile this week on something of an apology tour. Chile has historically been a stronghold of the Catholic Church. Nearly half of the population identifies as Catholic. But secularism has made considerable inroads in the South American country lately, thanks in part to a clergy sex abuse scandal that has roiled the faithful. In 2011, after decades […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/01/16/in-trip-to-chile-pope-francis-asks-for-forgiveness-amid-protests-and-death-threats-over-clergy-sex-abuse/