
Pope says 'scourge' of abuse must be rooted out as he visits Lourdes
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Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered to hear the Pope speak during a four-day visit to France Pope Leo has called on French bishops to root out the "scourge" of sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic church, urging them to "maintain the greatest vigilance".
在对法国进行为期四天的访问期间,数十万人聚集在一起聆听教皇的讲话 教皇利奥呼吁法国主教根除罗马天主教堂中性虐待的“祸害”,敦促他们“保持最大的警惕”。
The Pope delivered the message to bishops during a private meeting at the Sanctuary of Our Holy Lady of Lourdes, a holy site in southern France, on the third day of his four-day official visit to France.
教宗在对法国进行为期四天的正式访问的第三天,在法国南部圣地卢尔德圣母朝圣地举行的一次私人会议上向主教们传达了这一信息。
A 2021 inquiry found that clergy or lay members of the Church had abused about 330,000 people as children in France over 70 years.
2021 年的一项调查发现,70 年来,神职人员或教会的平信徒在法国虐待了约 33 万名儿童。
The Pope said Mass in front of thousands of worshippers in Lourdes before later meeting survivors of abuse.
教宗在卢尔德数千名信徒面前主持了弥撒,随后会见了虐待幸存者。
The Pope told the bishops: "You have faced with determination the painful scourge of abuse of minors committed by members of the clergy or within an ecclesial context.
教宗告诉主教们:“你们坚决面对神职人员或教会范围内虐待未成年人的痛苦祸害。
"It is important to persevere along the path you have begun, maintaining the greatest vigilance."
“重要的是要坚持你已经开始的道路,保持最大的警惕。”
The gathering of senior church leaders was held behind closed doors and the remarks were later released to reporters.
教会高级领袖的聚会是闭门举行的,讲话后来向记者公布。
Leo then met with seven survivors of abuse by the French clergy.
随后,利奥会见了七名遭受法国神职人员虐待的幸存者。
The Pope "thanked them for their painful testimony and reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring that the harm they experienced is not repeated for others", the Vatican said in a statement.
梵蒂冈在一份声明中表示,教皇“感谢他们痛苦的证词,并重申他致力于确保他们所经历的伤害不会再发生在其他人身上”。
"It was extraordinary," said survivor Jean-Marie Delbos at a news conference following the encounter with the pontiff.
“这是非同寻常的,”幸存者让-马里·德尔博斯在与教皇会面后的新闻发布会上说。
He said Leo listened and was informed of their cases. "I never thought I would have a Pope before me," he added. The Lourdes gathering came a day after an estimated 700,000 people flocked to the Place de la Concorde in Paris to hear the pontiff speak.
他说利奥倾听并了解了他们的案件。 “我从未想过在我面前会有一位教皇,”他补充道。 卢尔德集会举行的前一天,估计有 70 万人涌向巴黎协和广场聆听教皇讲话。
Huge crowds cheered and waved as he rode down the Champs-Élysées Avenue greeting followers from his open-topped popemobile.
当他骑着敞篷教皇专车沿着香榭丽舍大街向追随者致意时,大批人群欢呼雀跃并挥手致意。
On Friday, the Pope also met French President Emmanuel Macron.
周五,教皇还会见了法国总统马克龙。
Pope Leo greeted people from his popemobile at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes During Saturday's Mass in Paris, the Pope told worshippers that Catholics should not keep their faith to themselves but "let it overflow so that those you meet may be refreshed".
教皇利奥在他的教皇专车上向卢尔德圣母朝圣地的人们致意 周六在巴黎举行的弥撒中,教宗告诉信徒,天主教徒不应该保守自己的信仰,而是“让它溢出来,这样你遇到的人就会焕然一新”。
The leader of the Catholic Church also addressed young people in his speech, describing them as "today's Church".
天主教会领袖还在讲话中向年轻人发表讲话,称他们为“今天的教会”。
"How beautiful it is to see your enthusiasm, energy and commitment, and the joy you bring to Christian communities," he said.
他说:“看到你们的热情、活力和奉献精神,以及你们给基督教社区带来的欢乐,真是太美好了。”
The number of regular worshippers in France has fallen from 35% of the population in 1960 to less than 5% today, while the number of priests has shrunk by two-thirds from 25,000 in 1990 to fewer than 9,000.
法国定期做礼拜的人数已从1960年占人口的35%下降到如今的不足5%,而神父人数也从1990年的25,000人减少到不足9,000人,减少了三分之二。
But in recent years there have been signs of a growing interest in religious tradition, with the number of adult baptisms more than doubling in five years to hit 10,000 in 2025.
但近年来,有迹象表明人们对宗教传统的兴趣日益浓厚,成人洗礼的数量在五年内增加了一倍多,到 2025 年将达到 10,000 人。
Sexual abuse inside the Catholic Church has been widespread and dates back to the 1950s.
天主教堂内的性虐待现象十分普遍,可以追溯到 20 世纪 50 年代。
The issue was first given significant media attention in the 1980s in the US and Canada before similar stories emerged across the world, including widespread historic abuse in Ireland and the UK.
这个问题在 20 世纪 80 年代首次受到美国和加拿大媒体的广泛关注,随后世界各地出现了类似的故事,包括爱尔兰和英国历史上广泛存在的虐待行为。
Reporting by the Boston Globe newspaper in the early 2000s, dramatised in the 2015 film Spotlight, exposed widespread abuse and how paedophile priests were moved around by Church leaders instead of being held accountable.
2000 年代初《波士顿环球报》的报道揭露了普遍存在的虐待行为,以及教会领袖如何调动恋童癖牧师而不是追究其责任,并在 2015 年的电影《聚光灯》中进行了改编。
It prompted people to come forward across the US and around the world.
它促使美国和世界各地的人们站出来。
A Church-commissioned report in 2004 said more than 4,000 US Roman Catholic priests had faced sexual abuse allegations in the last 50 years, in cases involving more than 10,000 children - mostly boys. Leo's predecessor Pope Francis tried to address the issue by holding an unprecedented summit on paedophilia in the Church, and by changing its laws to explicitly criminalise sexual abuse, but problems remain.
2004 年教会委托的一份报告称,过去 50 年来,超过 4,000 名美国罗马天主教神父面临性虐待指控,案件涉及 10,000 多名儿童,其中大部分是男孩。 利奥的前任教皇方济各试图通过在教会举行一次前所未有的恋童癖峰会来解决这个问题,并修改法律明确将性虐待定为犯罪,但问题仍然存在。
The Pope said Mass at the Meadow of the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes Later on Sunday, the Pope met staff and residents at the health facility at Lourdes, and took part in a torchlight procession.
教宗在卢尔德圣母朝圣地的草地上主持弥撒 周日晚些时候,教皇在卢尔德医疗机构会见了工作人员和居民,并参加了火炬游行。
It is the Pope's first official visit to France since being chosen to lead the Roman Catholic Church in May 2025.
这是教皇自 2025 年 5 月被选为罗马天主教会领袖以来首次对法国进行正式访问。
Popes have regularly visited France, a country with an avowedly secular modern political history but deep Catholic roots.
教皇经常访问法国,这个国家有着明显的世俗现代政治历史,但天主教根基深厚。
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