Bolivian President Luis Arce - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 18 Jun 2023 23:38:01 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Bolivian President Luis Arce - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pope Francis expresses ‘shame and dismay' over sexual abuse of minors in Bolivia https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/06/19/pope-francis-expresses-shame-and-dismay-over-sexual-abuse-of-minors-in-bolivia/ Mon, 19 Jun 2023 05:53:17 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=160183 Pope Francis has sent a letter to the president of Bolivia expressing "feelings of shame and dismay" and a firm promise to work with the government of the South American country to end clerical sexual abuse of minors. The letter, released Friday according to the Associated Press but signed on May 31 and addressed to Read more

Pope Francis expresses ‘shame and dismay' over sexual abuse of minors in Bolivia... Read more]]> Pope Francis has sent a letter to the president of Bolivia expressing "feelings of shame and dismay" and a firm promise to work with the government of the South American country to end clerical sexual abuse of minors.

The letter, released Friday according to the Associated Press but signed on May 31 and addressed to Bolivian President Luis Arce, is a response to another letter sent to the pontiff on May 22 by the South American president.

The pope's letter was made public on May 15 on the official Twitter account of the Bolivian president.

"Dear Mr. President: I have read your letter and I thank you for the clarity and deference with which you share with me your concern, outrage, and condemnation and that of the citizens of that beloved nation, due to the deplorable events that have affected and continue to affect individuals sexually abused by members of the Church," the pope wrote at the beginning of his letter.

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