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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Pope under fire for transfer, letter on sex abuse
Saturday, March 13th, 2010China 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.
Scientologists ‘heal’ Haiti quake victims using touch
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010Amid the mass of aid agencies piling in to help Haiti quake victims is a batch of Church of Scientology “volunteer ministers”, claiming to use the power of touch to reconnect nervous systems.
Terra Incognita: The first economic peace in the Holy Land
Sunday, January 10th, 2010
Freemasons’ Hall in London. Reports from the British Mandate period state that the lodges in Israel “stand for peace.”
Since its inception, Freemasonry has welcomed Jews as members, and initially most Jewish Masons were from prominent Sephardi families. One of these, Moses Montefiore, is important because of his connection to 19th-century Palestine, where he helped improve the living conditions of local Jews. However, the first Masonic ceremony held in Jerusalem was conducted by a Kentucky-born Mason named Robert Morris at the Cave of Zedekiah (popularly known as King Solomon’s Quarries) near Damascus Gate in east Jerusalem.
Pope ‘Deeply Disturbed and Distressed’ by Irish Abuse
Saturday, December 12th, 2009Pope Benedict XVI was “deeply disturbed and distressed” by a report that said Roman Catholic Church authorities covered up abuse of children by priests in Ireland and he plans to write a letter to the Irish people.
Ahmadinejad Reportedly Claims U.S. is Blocking Return of Mankind’s Savior
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks in Caracas, Venezuela on Nov. 25.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims the United States is attempting to thwart the return of mankind’s savior, according to reports from Al Arabiya, a television news station based in Dubai.
Vatican in Bold Bid to Attract Anglicans
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Vatican official Cardinal William Levada announces plans to make it easier for Anglicans to convert to Catholicism.
The Vatican said it will make it far easier for disgruntled Anglicans to convert to Catholicism, in one of Rome’s most sweeping gestures to a Protestant church since the Reformation.
Pope Urges Forming New World Economic Order
Saturday, July 18th, 2009
to Work for the ‘Common Good’
Pope Benedict XVI signing his encyclical “Charity in Truth” at the Vatican on Monday.
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Pope Urges Forming New World Economic Order
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday called for a radical rethinking of the global economy, criticizing a growing divide between rich and poor and urging the establishment of a “true world political authority” to oversee the economy and work for the “common good.”
Newsweek Editor Evan Thomas: Obama Is “Sort Of God”
Sunday, June 7th, 2009Newsweek editor Evan Thomas said President Obama is “sort of God” in a way that’s “standing above the country.” Transcript below.
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