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L’Arche founder sexually abused women: Internal report

On: February 24, 2020

Trosly-Breuil, Feb 23, 2020: A religious leader who founded a celebrated organization for people with learning difficulties had sexually abused six women in France, an internal report says. Canadian Jean Vanier set up the global network L’Arche (The Ark) in France in 1964. He died in 2019 aged 90. NoneContinue Reading

Pope Francis pays tribute to advocate for marginalized

By: Matters India

On: May 8, 2019

In: International

Vatican City, May 8, 2019: Pope Francis has paid tribute to Jean Vanier, whose charity work helped improve conditions for the developmentally disabled in Canada and multiple other countries over the past half-century. The Christian philosopher, writer, humanist and an ardent advocate for the most marginalized by society died onContinue Reading