ON page 1 there is a report by Agence France-Presse saying that “The United Nations (UN) condemned the Vatican on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) for failing to stamp out child abuse and allowing systematic cover-ups, calling on the Church to remove clergy suspected of raping or molesting children.

The Vatican hit back, accusing the world body’s child rights watchdog of distorting the facts by failing to take into account fresh efforts to rid the Church of child abusers.

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