Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 12, 2010 at 3:33:00 PM CEST
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 12, 2010 at 3:31:00 PM CEST
Church fights sex abuse bill, claims it's "a threat"
A bill in Connecticut's legislature that would remove the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse cases has sparked a fervent response from the state's Roman Catholic bishops, who released a letter to parishioners Saturday imploring them to oppose the measure.
Under current Connecticut law, sexual abuse victims have 30 years past their 18th birthday to file a lawsuit. The proposed change to the law would rescind that statute of limitations.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 12, 2010 at 10:22:00 AM CEST
Penn and Teller: Bullshit! Creation Vs. Evolution
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 12, 2010 at 10:17:00 AM CEST
The pope needs to stop blaming the media for the failings of his own leadership and his own church
I tried all day Easter Sunday to bite my tongue.
And I pretty much succeeded as we celebrated the day in a way that a lot of Catholic families do. Our family went to Mass and we gathered all the nieces and nephews for a big Easter egg hunt.
And through it all I didn’t say a word. I was trying to focus on the meaning of the day and having fun with the kids and maybe for once not paying so much attention to the news cycle which all through Holy Week was centering on the Catholic Church.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 12, 2010 at 10:16:00 AM CEST
Bishop 'blames Jews' for criticism of Catholic church record on abuse
A furious transatlantic row has erupted over quotes that were attributed to a retired Italian bishop, which suggested that Jews were behind the current criticism of the Catholic church's record on tackling clerical sex abuse.
A website quoted Giacomo Babini, the emeritus bishop of Grosseto, as saying he believed a "Zionist attack" was behind the criticism, considering how "powerful and refined" the criticism is.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 12, 2010 at 10:05:00 AM CEST
Ratzinger is the perfect pope
"Should Pope Benedict XVI be held responsible for the escalating scandals over clerical sexual abuse in Europe?"
Yes he should, and it's going to escalate a lot further, as more and more victims break through the guilt of their childhood indoctrination and come forward.
"Should he be investigated for how cases of abuse were handled under his watch as archbishop of Munich or as the Vatican's chief doctrinal enforcer?"
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 12, 2010 at 9:45:00 AM CEST
Pope 'has no UK arrest immunity'
Plans to have the Pope arrested when he visits the UK will succeed because he is not a head of state, a solicitor has said.
Atheist authors Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens proposed the action against the Pontiff for his handling of child abuse scandals in the Catholic church.
Update: The Times article quoted above is a little misleading says Dawkins.
Needless to say, I did NOT say "I will arrest Pope Benedict XVI" or anything so personally grandiloquent. You have to remember that The Sunday Times is a Murdoch newspaper, and that all newspapers follow the odd custom of entrusting headlines to a sub-editor, not the author of the article itself. What I DID say to Marc Horne when he telephoned me out of the blue, and I repeat it here, is that I am whole-heartedly behind the initiative by Geoffrey Robertson and Mark Stephens to mount a legal challenge to the Pope's proposed visit to Britain.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 12, 2010 at 9:37:00 AM CEST
Atheisten wollen Papst festnehmen lassen
Haftbefehl gegen den Papst? Wegen des Missbrauchsskandals wollen die prominenten Atheisten Richard Dawkins und Christopher Hitchens die Justiz drängen, Benedikt XVI. bei seinem Großbritannien-Besuch festnehmen zu lassen. Er habe sich Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit schuldig gemacht.
Dass der Bestsellerautor und Chef-Atheist Richard Dawkins wenig Begeisterung für den Papst empfindet, ist soweit bekannt. Dass er ihn gleich ins Gefängnis werfen lassen möchte, ist allerdings neu.
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