Vatican media praises 'Spotlight' as giving voice to victims

March 01, 2016 01:52

The Vatican newspaper praised Oscar-winning film "Spotlight" today as having given voice to the "profound pain" of the faithful over the reality of

clerical sex abuse, and insisted it's not an anti-Catholic film.

L'Osservatore Romano dedicated two articles in its afternoon editions to the Academy Awards and the Best Picture won by "Spotlight," about the Boston Globe's 2002 expose of the hundreds of Boston children who were raped and molested by Catholic priests and the church's systematic cover-up of the crimes.

L'Osservatore quoted producer Michael Sugar's acceptance speech "Pope Francis, it's time to protect the children and restore the faith" saying even his appeal was positive.

"It means there's still faith in the institution, there's faith in a pope who is continuing the cleanup started by his predecessor as cardinal. And there's still trust in a faith that has at its heart the defense of victims and the

protection of innocents," said the piece by Lucetta Scaraffia, one of L'Osservatore's main columnists and the editor of its monthly edition on women's issues.

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