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WORLD NEWS Friday 18 May 2018
Archaeologists find street of balconies in Italy's Pompeii

ROME (AP) — Archaeolo- hold wine and oil in ancient
gists excavating an unex- Roman times. The culture
plored part of Italy's vol- ministry's Pompeii authority
canic ash-covered city of announced the discovery
Pompeii have discovered Thursday. It said the bal-
a street of houses with in- conies were a "complete
tact balconies that were novelty" for this part of the
buried when Mount Vesu- buried city, which hasn't
vius erupted in 79 AD. yet been fully excavated.
Some of the balconies A statement said the bal-
even had amphorae — the conies will be restored and A man points at a detail of a fresco that was A detail of a fresco that was found during exca-
conical-shaped terra cotta the area included in a tour found during excavation works in the archaeo- vation works in the archaeological site of Pom-
vases that were used to open to the public.q logical site of Pompeii, Thursday, May 17, 2018. peii, Thursday, May 17, 2018.

Pope's Chile abuse summit ends amid signs heads will roll

By NICOLE WINFIELD that they had joined in that church, presenting Francis ticular moment for the uni- abuse victims have blasted
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope apology "with the firm aim with a 2,300-page dossier. versal church, not only for the Chilean hierarchy for
Francis on Thursday ended of repairing the wounds." One of the investigators, Chile," he told reporters. "It's discrediting their claims,
his emergency summit with "I thank you for the full will- the Rev. Jordi Bertomeu, not normal to call here an protecting abusers, moving
Chile's bishops by thank- ingness each one of you said Thursday that Francis entire bishops' conference. them around rather than
ing them for their "full will- has shown to cooperate in was "making history" with Therefore, if I were you, I reporting them to police
ingness" to do whatever it all the short, medium and the summit. would expect measures and then handing out light
takes to recover from a sex long-term changes and "What is sure is that we are and conclusions that will be sentences when church
abuse and cover-up scan- resolutions that we must im- facing a very, very par- important." For years, sex sanctions were imposed.q
dal that has discredited the plement to re-establish jus-
church. tice and the ecclesial com-
Francis bid farewell to each munion," Francis wrote.
of the 34 Chilean bishops Francis summoned the en-
amid indications that heads tire Chilean bishops' con-
will roll after four days of ference to Rome after ad-
meetings and prayer. Vati- mitting that he had made
can television showed the "grave errors in judgment"
bishops thanking Francis as in the case of Barros, who
they took their leave. The is accused by victims of
only one Francis is shown Chile's most notorious pred-
kissing on each cheek and ator priest of witnessing and
patting on the arm was ignoring their abuse.
Bishop Juan Barros, who is Barros has denied their
at the center of the scan- claim. Francis had strongly
dal. defended him during his
Many Chileans are expect- January trip to Chile, draw-
ing that at least Barros and ing scorn from Chileans
two other bishops trained and even his own top sex
by the predator priest Fer- abuse adviser.
nando Karadima will resign, After returning home, Fran-
if not more. cis sent two Vatican inves-
In a farewell letter given to tigators to get to the bot-
each bishop, Francis said tom of the scandal, and
he had already apologized they came back with a
to the sex abuse victims much broader view of the
he had discredited. He re- scale of priestly abuse and
minded the churchmen cover-up in the Chilean

Juan Ignacio Gonzalez, Bishop of San Bernardo, meets reporters
at the Vatican, Monday, May 14, 2108.