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John L. Allen Jr.'s defense of Pope Benedict XVI's handling of sexual abuse cases ("A Papal Conversion," Op-Ed, March 28) perfectly reflects the insular, narrow mind-set of the Vatican as described in "At the Vatican, Up Against the World" (Week in Review, March 28).

It remains to be seen how many Anglicans will take the Vatican up on the offer.

"At the Vatican, Up Against the World" (Week in Review, March 28) goes a long way in explaining the confounding inability of the Roman Catholic hierarchy to come to terms with what can only be characterized as a morally reprehensible pattern of ignoring the pleas of children sexually abused by clergy.

I'm at the Vatican, looking up at another painting of a crucifixion.

Many doubt that the Vatican will open up the World War II files soon.

A21 Accusation Against Archbishop Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland of Milwaukee asked the Vatican to speed up his retirement after a 54-year-old man gave a television interview saying the archbishop, now 75, had sexually assaulted him about 20 years ago and in 1998 paid $450,000 in a confidential settlement.

Henry Ng, executive vice president of the World Monuments Fund, said, "With all the discussions about religious tolerance in China, and Beijing's negotiations with the Vatican about opening up full diplomatic relations, it's very interesting to see these two foreign faiths coming to China at different points in its history, and finding a home there".

Israel also remains deeply suspicious of the reluctance of the Vatican to open up its World War Two archives regarding the attitudes of Pope Pius XII towards the Holocaust.

2016 is a Jubilee Year in Rome, which means that the Vatican is coming up with thousands of initiatives aimed at getting Italians more involved with the Catholic Church.

If the Vatican judges end up convicting Italian citizens, then it will be Italy's turn to decide whether it will grant extradition or not.

But at the very least, I would like the Vatican to give up this "girls are pink" and "boys are blue" mindset that is generations out of date.