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  "id": 10237800,
  "title": "Pope Leo XIV urges Church to confront clerical sex abuse and reject assisted dying",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/pope-leo-xiv-urges-church-to-confront-clerical-sex-abuse-and-reject",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-27T15:31:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/27/pope-leo-xiv-urges-french-church-to-confront-clerical-sex-abuse-and-reject-assisted-dying_6758009_4.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pope Leo XIV has called on the Catholic Church to confront its past and heal the deep wounds inflicted within its ranks. During a visit to the pilgrimage town of Lourdes, France, he urged bishops to remain vigilant over sexual abuse in the Church.\n\nThe Pope also criticized France's newly adopted assisted-dying legislation, saying that causing death is not \"normal\" and that \"what is legal is not necessarily moral.\" According to Punch Nigeria, he told believers that \"no human law should ever make you lose the certainty of your dignity\" and that the Church must \"reject the temptation to cause death under the guise of false compassion.\"\n\nThe Pope's comments on abuse and assisted dying came as he met with victims of child abuse by priests in France, RTE News and ABC News AU reported. ABC News AU also noted that the Pope's visit to Lourdes coincided with the presence of Reverend Marko Rupnik, who has been accused of sexual abuse, near a famed Catholic mosaic shrine.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Church confronts shock of abuse crisis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/church-confronts-shock-of-abuse-crisis",
        "published": "2026-09-27T15:01:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Pope urges French bishops to 'persevere' against clerical sex abuse",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/pope-urges-french-bishops-to-persevere-against-clerical-sex-abuse",
        "published": "2026-09-27T15:53:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Pope Leo XIV urges French Church to continue fight against sexual abuse",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/pope-leo-xiv-urges-french-church-to-continue-fight-against-sexual",
        "published": "2026-09-27T16:33:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}