The big story of the past seven days ✣ Organisers of February abuse summit named
What happened?
The Vatican has named the organising committee for February’s abuse summit in Rome. The panel, decided by Pope Francis, includes two of the Church’s top authorities on abuse, Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta and Fr Hans Zollner, as well as Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Bombay, a member of the Pope’s Council of Cardinals, and Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago. Notably absent from the line-up was Cardinal Seán O’Malley, often seen as the US episcopate’s most credible voice on abuse.
