VATICAN CITY: The Vatican this week is hosting a three-day symposium on the Catholic priesthood amid renewed public attention on clergy sex abuse scandals and fresh research into the abuses of priestly power that harm both children and adults.

Pope Francis opens the symposium Thursday (Friday in Manila), and no fewer than a half-dozen Vatican cardinals are scheduled to either address the conference or preside over its sessions.

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