Vatican City, 5 April 2013 (VIS) – This morning
the Holy Father received in audience Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Muller, prefect
of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. A communique released by
that dicastery reads that, during the course of the audience, various issues
pertaining to the Congregation were discussed. In particular, the Holy Father
recommended that the Congregation, continuing along the lines set by Benedict
XVI, act decisively with regard to cases of sexual abuse, first of all by
promoting measures for the protection of minors, as well as in offering
assistance to those who have suffered abuse, carrying out due proceedings
against the guilty, and in the commitment of bishops' conferences to formulate
and implement the necessary directives in this area that is so important for
the Church's witness and credibility. The Holy Father assured that victims of
abuse are present in a particular way in his prayers for those who are suffering.
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