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Pope Benedict XVI's Tenure Marred by Human-Rights Failures

Vatican Shocker

Joseph Ratzinger—a.k.a. Pope Benedict XVI—should have retired when the church’s sex-abuse scandal erupted—but he continued to protect predator priests, writes Geoffrey Robertson.

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