Pope Francis waves to the faithful upon his arrival for the weekly general audience at St. Peter’s square in the Vatican on November 21, 2018. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
Pope Francis on Friday revealed the organising team for a special meeting on the protection of children to be held in February, in response to the paedophilia scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church worldwide.
His hand-picked team are all close associates: the archbishop of Malta Charles Scicluna, Father Hans Zollner, US cardinal Blase Cupich and Indian cardinal Oswald Gracias.
Archbishop Scicluna spent 10 years as a Vatican prosecutor investigating cases of paedophilia among the priesthood.
Zollner, a Jesuit priest, is an academic and psychotherapist who has travelled widely as part of his…
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