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Bishop Zanchetta and pastoral myopia

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JD Flynn
Mar 07, 2022
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Pope Francis adjusts his glasses as he offers Mass during a two-day pastoral visit in Turin, Italy, June 21, 2015. Credit: REUTERS/Giorgio Perottino

When Pope Francis met with Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta in 2015, it was to discuss allegations that the bishop had pornography on his phone: sexually explicit images of young men, and of himself. 

Zanchetta told …

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