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Pope Benedict XVI (L) arrives with Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (R) at an auditorium before a concert in Rome April 21, 2006. REUTERS/Enrico Oliverio/Pool/File Photo/File Photo
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Critics of former pope are scapegoating him over abuse, Vatican says

The Vatican waited nearly a week to issue a substantive response following last Thursday's report on abuse in the Munich archdiocese from 1945 to 2019

Pope Benedict XVI (L) arrives with Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (R) at an auditorium before a concert in Rome April 21, 2006. REUTERS/Enrico Oliverio/Pool/File Photo/File Photo
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Ex-Pope Benedict acknowledges faulty testimony in German abuse case

Pope Francis greets people after the weekly general audience at the Paul VI Audience Hall, at the Vatican, December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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On World AIDS Day, Pope calls for renewed solidarity with victims

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis leads the Mass on Christmas Eve in St. Peter's Basilica amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic at the Vatican December 24, 2020. Vincenzo Pinto/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Pope thanks journalists for helping expose Church sex scandals

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis leads the Mass on Christmas Eve in St. Peter's Basilica amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic at the Vatican December 24, 2020. Vincenzo Pinto/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Pope Francis, ex Pope Benedict both get Covid-19 vaccine - Vatican