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| Cardinals Gather to Discuss Sex Abuse, Persecution By Nicole Winfield Bloomberg Businessweek November 19, 2010 http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9JIHIHG1.htm Cardinals from around the world are flocking to Rome for a daylong discussion of some of the most critical issues facing the church, including the sexual abuse of children by priests and persecution of Christians for their faith. Friday's meeting comes on the eve of a ceremony to create 24 more cardinals, the third time the 83-year-old Pope Benedict XVI has hand-picked the "princes of the church" who will eventually choose his successor. As a result, Friday's consultations have the air of a pre-conclave, with cardinals new and old discussing the church's biggest problems and seeing who among them might be able to deal with them as pontiff.- |
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