Archive for the ‘False Prophets’ Category

Pope launches team to ‘re-evangelise’ the West

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

The Pope launched a team to stem the secularisation of Catholic countries and “re-evangelise” the West.

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Obama administration backs Vatican in pedophile case

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

The Obama administration in a brief to the Supreme Court has backed the Vatican’s claim of immunity from lawsuits arising from cases of sexual abuse by priests in the United States.

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Pope’s No. 2: Pedophilia linked to homosexuality

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

SANTIAGO, Chile – The Vatican’s second-highest authority says the sex scandals haunting the Roman Catholic Church are linked to homosexuality and not celibacy among priests.

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Norway’s Catholic church reveals new abuse cases

Friday, April 9th, 2010

The Norwegian Catholic Church said Friday it was aware of four more potential sexual abuse cases by priests against minors, two days after it revealed that a bishop who resigned last year did so after abusing an altar boy.

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Interfaith movement gains new strength

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Breaking barriers, creating bonds with other religions

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Rome police detain 4 US church abuse victims

Monday, April 5th, 2010

ROME (AP) — Four American victims of clergy sexual abuse say they were detained and questioned by Italian police in Rome after showing photos of the pope during a news conference outside St. Peter’s Square.

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Pope has immunity in abuse trials: Vatican

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Pope Benedict, accused by victims’ lawyers of being ultimately responsible for an alleged cover-up of sexual abuse of children by priests, cannot be called to testify at any trial because he has immunity as a head of state, a top Vatican legal official said on Thursday.

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Clergy abuse threatens to tarnish pope’s legacy

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is facing one of its gravest crises of modern times as sex abuse scandals move ever closer to Pope Benedict XVI – threatening not only his own legacy but also that of his revered predecessor.

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Pope under fire for transfer, letter on sex abuse

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

VATICAN CITY – Germany’s sex abuse scandal has now reached Pope Benedict XVI: His former archdiocese acknowledged it transferred a suspected pedophile priest while Benedict was in charge and criticism is mounting over a 2001 Vatican directive he penned instructing bishops to keep abuse cases secret.

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China says Obama hurt ties by meeting Dalai Lama

Friday, February 19th, 2010

BEIJING – China accused President Barack Obama of damaging ties by meeting the Dalai Lama and said it was up to Washington to repair relations between the two global powers, while stopping short of threats of retaliation.

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