Pope warns clergy on enduring scandals

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Pope Benedict XVI has urged 'those of the cloth' to be more sensitive to current situations amid persisting reports of sex-abuse scandals involving Catholic priests.

The Pope addressed hundreds of priests, nuns and seminarians at the Church of the Most Holy Trinity in Fatima, Portugal on Wednesday.

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"Be attentive to those situations where there is a certain weakening of priestly ideals or dedication to activities not fully consonant with what is proper for a minister of Jesus Christ," the Pope said.

The 83-year-old pontiff also urged priests to take a firm stand for their faith and calling in life.

The Vatican has been inundated by a deluge of sex-related lawsuits and criminal proceedings against it coming from across Europe, the United States and Canada.

The pope has indirectly referred to the sexual abuse controversy.

Benedict said the problems the Church faced came not from its enemies, but from sin within the institution itself, adding that justice for the victims of abuse must be a priority.

The comments were a reversal of earlier Vatican attempts to blame media sensationalism for the Church's problems.

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