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This handout photo taken on November 20, 2025 and released by the Vatican press office, Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV during his visit to the Tomb of St. Francis in Assisi. [AFP]
Pope Leo XIV called Thursday on the Italian Church to develop a "culture of prevention" on clerical child sex abuse, after criticisms it has been slow to respond to the global crisis.
But a survivor's group expressed disappointment that the pontiff did not go further in demanding action from the Italian Bishops Conference, which was holding its general assembly in the town of Assisi.
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