Catholicism
Malaysia court suspends "Allah" ruling in blow for Catholics My Sinchew 01/05/2010 | Pope's peace message focuses on environment CNN 01/01/2010 |
Vatican City (CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI championed the environment in the Vatican's annual World Day of Peace message. In his address, called "If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation," the pope said peace with the natural environment is the beginning of peace with all of God's creation, including people. | |
Cardinal Cahal Daly, former leader of Ireland's Catholics, dies at 92 The Guardian 12/31/2009 | Pope seeks more freedom for Catholics in Iran AP 10/29/2009 |
Vatican welcomes Anglicans into Catholic church CNN 10/20/2009 | 'Endemic' rape and abuse of Irish children in Catholic care, inquiry findsHenry McDonald The Guardian 05/20/2009 |
Rape and sexual molestation were "endemic" in Irish Catholic church-run industrial schools and orphanages, a report revealed today. The nine-year investigation found that Catholic priests and nuns for decades terrorised thousands of boys and girls in the Irish Republic, while government inspectors failed to stop the chronic beatings, rape and humiliation. | |
Ex-Archbishop Speaks About Catholic Church and HomosexualityLAURIE GOODSTEIN The New York Times 05/16/2009 | Notre Dame president catches heat for Obama inviteTOM COYNE AP 05/15/2009 |
In spring 2002, as the scandal over sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests was escalating, the long career of Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland of Milwaukee, one of the church’s most venerable voices for change, went up in flames one May morning. On the ABC program “Good Morning America,” the archbishop watched a man he had fallen in love with 23 years earlier say in an interview that the Milwaukee archdiocese had paid him $450,000 years before to keep quiet about his affair with the archbishop — an affair the man was now calling date rape. | |
Polish priest publishes sex guide BBC News 05/14/2009 | Popular Miami priest 'Padre Alberto' falls from grace after racy photos surfaceJim Davis South Florida Sun Sentinel 05/05/2009 |
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