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Pope Francis is expected to meet Belgian victims of clerical sex abuse on Friday as he embarks on a three-day visit to the country partially overshadowed by the Catholic Church's dark past.The 87-year-old pontiff arrived in Belgium Thursday evening after spending the day in neighboring Luxembourg, where he made a plea for international diplomacy amid flaring conflicts across the globe.
In an open letter published by Le Soir newspaper this month, they demanded the pope address pedophilia and set up a process for financial reparations.Francis has made combating sexual assault in the Church one of the main missions of his papacy, and insisted on a "zero tolerance" policy in the wake of wide-reaching abuse scandals around the world.
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