Give reparations for abuse victims, pope tells Spanish bishops

The Catholic Church must give

reparations to sexual abuse victims, Pope Leo XIV told Spanish

bishops on his visit to Spain Monday.

"Our journey is made of encounters," "one of the most painful

is with those who have been hurt by the very people who should

have cared for them, including members of the clergy," said Leo

at the headquarters of the Episcopal Conference.

"Faced with this scourge, the ecclesial community is called to

respond with listening, truth, justice, reparation, and an

ever-deepening commitment to prevention and a culture of care.

Every wounded person must be able to find sincere listening,

acceptance, protection, and real paths to healing."

In other remarks, Leo voiced concern over re-armament presented

as inevitable; said that no nation should be left on its own to

cope with migrant flows; and repeated the dogma of defending

natural life from conception to death.

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