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Caption: Msgr. Charles Scicluna, the Vatican's chief prosecutor of clerical sexual abuse, attends a Feb. 7 penitential vigil at St. Ignatius Church in Rome to show contrition for clerical sexual abuse. (CNS/Paul Haring)
Msgr. Charles Scicluna, the Vatican's chief prosecutor of clerical sexual abuse, attends a Feb. 7 penitential vigil at St. Ignatius Church in Rome to show contrition for clerical sexual abuse. (CNS/Paul Haring)
Vatican sex abuse investigator says bishops should be more accountable

By Francis X. Rocca
Catholic News Service

ROME (CNS) -- The Vatican's top sex abuse investigator called for greater accountability under church law of bishops who shield or fail to discipline pedophile priests.

Msgr. Charles Scicluna, promoter of justice for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, made his remarks to reporters in Rome Feb. 8, after addressing an international symposium on clerical sex abuse.
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Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leaves his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Feb. 8. He continued his catechesis on prayer by highlighting Christ's prayer from the cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (CNS/Paul Haring)
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Editors: Contents of Origins CNS Documentary Service, Vol. 41, No. 35 (Feb. 9, 2011):

-- "To hell with you" is the message the Obama administration sent U.S. Catholics in deciding that most religious organizations won't be able to opt out of a new federal mandate that employers' health insurance plans cover contraceptives and sterilization, says Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh.

-- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops releases a list of "frequently asked questions" about the government's contraceptive mandate.

-- Have Americans lost their concern for the poor? "Sometimes we hear language and share attitudes that deride persons living in poverty," observes Bishop George V. Murry of Youngstown, Ohio. Ending poverty requires everyone's involvement, he says.

-- The key to resolving governance concerns between bishops and Catholic health care leaders is "providing occasions and regular structures where respectful, open and honest dialogue can take place," says Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz.
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