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BBC OS: 2022/01/20 16:06 GMT: New report says Pope Benedict failed to act over abuse

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New report says Pope Benedict failed to act over abuse

2022/01/20 16:06 GMT

2022/01/20 16:06 GMT: New report says Pope Benedict failed to act over abuse

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Pope Benedict has denied accusations in a new report by a German law firm

A report commissioned by the Catholic Church has found that former Pope Benedict XVI failed to act over four child abuse cases when he was archbishop of Munich. Pope Benedict denies wrongdoing. We'll explain the key findings in the report.

Some aid has arrived in Tonga after a runway was cleared of ash following Saturday’s volcanic eruption. We hear from a woman In Australia who has managed to make contact with her husband in Tonga after telephone lines were partially restored. 

We’ll bring together two Ukrainians to reflect the conversations about the potential invasion threat to their country. 

We’ll have the latest on Covid-19 and will answer your questions about the virus with the help of Dr Emma Hodcroft, molecular epidemiologist at the University of Bern in Switzerland.

(Photo: Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful for the last time from the balcony of his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo February 28, 2013. Credit:Tony Gentile/File Photo/Reuters)

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