Pope: Church should admit history of abuse of women, male domination

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis said on Tuesday the Catholic Church had to acknowledge a history of male domination and sexual abuse of women and children and repair its reputation among young people or risk becoming"a museum".

Francis made his comment in a 50-page"Apostolic Exhortation" about a month-long meeting of bishops in October on the role of young people in the 1.3 billion-member Church. "A living Church can look back on history and acknowledge a fair share of male authoritarianism, domination, various forms of enslavement, abuse and sexist violence," the pontiff said.

His document also did not address demands by women participants at the synod that they be allowed to vote during such meetings in the future.

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