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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
One cardinal told the pope that human trafficking is "the darkest face of globalization."
Pope Francis leads his general audience on Jan. 24 in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. (CNS/Tony Gentile, Reuters)
FaithYour Take
Our readers
Thirty-one percent of readers rated Pope Francis’ handling of sex abuse in the church as “somewhat positive,” while 30 percent of readers told us it was “somewhat negative.”
FaithNews
Christopher Lamb - Religion News Service
The challenge for the church is to help survivors and stop abuse from happening again, and the pope appears to be falling short.
In this April 9, 2009, file photo, Hong Kong's outspoken cardinal Joseph Zen speaks during a news conference in Hong Kong. The retired archbishop of Hong Kong has slammed the Holy See's negotiations with Beijing as a "catastrophe" that would bring suffering to millions of worshippers, as a bitter dispute inside the Roman Catholic Church over its future in China escalates in a dramatic fashion. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
Politics & SocietyNews
Gerry Shih - Associated Press
Zen said the Vatican had "given in" to the Communist Party
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
This makes one hope for a world in which conflicts are resolved peacefully through dialogue and mutual respect, as sport also teaches.
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
The Pope called his message "Because of the increase of evildoing, the love of many will grow cold."