Healing the abuse cases.Vatican City Vatican City (văt`ĭkən), independent state (2005 est. pop. 900), 108.7 acres (44 hectares), within the city of Rome, Italy, and the residence of the pope, who is its absolute ruler. -- At the end of the Irish bishops' ad limina visit to Rome, Archbishop Sean Brady of Armagh Armagh, district, Northern IrelandArmagh (ärmä`), district (1991 pop. 49,050), 258 sq mi (668 sq km), S Northern Ireland. Armagh rises from boggy, fertile lowlands in the north to barren hills in the south. It is the fruit-growing center of Northern Ireland; cattle, sheep, pigs, and poultry are also raised., primate of all Ireland, thanked Pope Benedict XVI Benedict XVI, 1927–, pope (2005–) and Roman Catholic theologian, a German (b. Marktl am Inn, Bavaria) named Josef (or Joseph) Alois Ratzinger; successor of John Paul II. He entered the seminary in 1939, but his training was interrupted by World War II. Drafted (1943) into the antiaircraft corps and then into the infantry, he later deserted (1945) and was briefly a prisoner of war. for his support in helping to bring healing to those "who have had their trust betrayed ... and often their faith destroyed" through the abusive actions of some priests and religious. Addressing the bishops, the Pope referred to the abuse scandals and reminded them of their task to rebuild the lost trust.After extending an invitation to Benedict to visit Ireland, Archbishop Brady commented on the "social, moral and spiritual challenges" visible in his country and mentioned measures he hoped to take for a renewed evangelization there (Zenit, Oct. 30, 2006). |
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