L
lizardley
Guest
Auxiliary Bishop Stephen Robson, Scotland’s newly ordained bishop, blogs on the 50th International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin. In this post the joy of the Scottish pilgrims arrival is tempered by Cardinal Marc Ouellet’s timely, pastoral and appropriate message on clerical abuse.
“I come here with the specific intention of seeking forgiveness, from God and from the victims, for the grave sin of sexual abuse of children by clerics," Cardinal Ouellet said during a trip from Dublin to the penitential island in Lough Derg.
"From the context of this International Eucharistic Congress, I reaffirm the commitment of the Catholic Church to create a safe environment for children and we pray that a new culture of respect, integrity, and Christ like love would prevail in our midst and permeate the whole society.”
Read more at: sconews.co.uk/opinion/19747/live-blog-from-iec-2012-day-4-wednesday-scottish-pilgrims-arrive-papal-legate-on-penitential-island/
“I come here with the specific intention of seeking forgiveness, from God and from the victims, for the grave sin of sexual abuse of children by clerics," Cardinal Ouellet said during a trip from Dublin to the penitential island in Lough Derg.
"From the context of this International Eucharistic Congress, I reaffirm the commitment of the Catholic Church to create a safe environment for children and we pray that a new culture of respect, integrity, and Christ like love would prevail in our midst and permeate the whole society.”
Read more at: sconews.co.uk/opinion/19747/live-blog-from-iec-2012-day-4-wednesday-scottish-pilgrims-arrive-papal-legate-on-penitential-island/