Church Sex Abuse Scandal ‘Has Now Reached’ The Pope: AP
NICOLE WINFIELD | 03/12/10 06:24 PM | AP
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 […]
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According to Benedict, these won’t cut the mustard.
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But…these Condo-Sized Body Rubbers Will Do The Trick.
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The Vatican backs the excommunication of the mother
whose nine-year-old daughter was raped and of
the doctor who performed the subsequent abortion.
At least the pope didn’t say the girl was askin’ for it!
Here is a quick look at some of Benedict XVI’s other controversies.
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Benedict XVI is known to do anything to fill the Vatican’s […]
I’m against the DH, the excessive use of relief pitchers, tv interviews of managers during a Major League game and sloppy uniform appearance. That probably makes me a traditionalist.
If I were to deny the Holocaust, I would not be an ultra-traditionalist;
I’d be an anti-semitic jackass.
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Pope Voices Support for Jews, Rejects Holocaust Denial
By Michelle […]
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Mayor challenges pope during Genoa visit
18 May 2008 17:45:22 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Philip Pullella
GENOA, Italy, May 18 (Reuters) - The pro-abortion mayor of this large northwestern port city suggested to Pope Benedict in a public address on Sunday that the Church could not impose its views on the personal choices of citizens in a lay state.
Speaking […]
The Holy Father stayed at the East 72nd street residence of
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the papal nuncio to the United Nations.
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Archbishop Migliore snarled to the assembled press,
“I won’t make that mistake again!”
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While he had heard rumors about the pope’s destructive tendencies,
Archbishop Migliore was at a loss when confronted by
a two-year old hyena fresh […]
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