Pope Francis waves as he leaves St. Peter鈥檚 square at the Vatican at the end of his weekly general audience on March 27, 2019. (AFP)
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Pope Francis was, once again, included in the Time Magazine鈥檚 100 most influential people.
The Time Magazine has released its list of the world鈥檚 100 most influential leaders.
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Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna of Malta, who wrote the Time article about the pontiff, noted how the Pope addressed the whole Catholic Church on the issue of sexual abuse of minors by clergy by calling for a meeting with church leaders last February.
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He said the Pope believed that 鈥減rotecting the young, and that Catholic leaders around the world should be on the same page.鈥�
鈥淗e (Pope Francis) is determined to put in place guidelines and policies to protect children and other vulnerable people,鈥� Scicluna wrote.
鈥淗e believes we should not only pay attention to the symptoms, however tragic they are, but we should also go deeper and discern what are the roots of this 鈥渃lericalism鈥濃�攖his evil abuse of conscience and power,鈥� he added.
Scicluna said that in the Pope鈥檚 鈥渕ind and heart,鈥� the abuse of minors is an 鈥渁buse of the body of Jesus Christ.鈥�
鈥淲ith great courage and wisdom, Pope Francis has invited all of us in the church to approach the immense suffering of victims with the same reverence as we would approach the suffering body of Christ,鈥� he further said.
Pope Francis has been on the Time鈥檚 list since the first year of his pontificate in 2013.
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