she said something rather provocative. quote, the pope is nor like god every day she told me. he allows evil to exist around him. the evil she was referring to was the sex abuse scandal that has rocked the catholic church. well, this week pope francis finally addressed that evil in a very personal way for the very first time. he met with six abuse victims last monday and apologized in a homily during a mass before that meeting. quote, i ask for the grace to weep, to make reparations for her sons and daughters who portrayed their mission, who abused innocent persons. i begged her forgiveness for the sins of omission on the part of catholic leaders who did not respond adequately to reports of abuse. this is a big deal, even if you're not catholic. no pope has ever addressed the abuse of tens of thousands of children. that's the estimate in a recent u.n. report. tens of thousands of children. the new pope already has other