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First Vatican Summit on Child Sex Abuse

21/02/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - World Update, First Vatican Summit on Child Sex Abuse

Catholic bishops meet to discuss the Roman Catholic church's response to sexual abuse.

Catholic bishops are meeting to discuss the Roman Catholic church's response to the sexual abuse of children by members of the clergy for the first time. Also: confronting the rise of anti-semitism in France and the zoo challenging visitors to a tug of war with a lion.

(Photo: Pope Francis Credit: Reuters)

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