POPE/IRISH-VATICAN

Matthew Harrison

March 19, 2010
Cardinal Sean Brady of Armagh, Northern Ireland, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state, and Pope Benedict XVI are pictured during the pope's meeting with the bishops of Ireland Feb. 15 at the Vatican. The two-day, closed-door meeting was held to assess responsibility in the Irish church's handling of clerical sexual abuse and explore ways to heal the wounds of the scandal. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano) (Feb. 16, 2010)