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.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
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.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
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?"
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
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.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
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.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 11, 2010 at 1:35:00 PM CEST
Ratzinger war gegen Absetzung eines pädophilen Priesters
Kirchendokumente zeigen, dass sich Kardinal Joseph Ratzinger, bevor er Papst wurde, der Amtsenthebung eines pädophilen Priesters in Kalifornien widersetzte. In einem 1985 vom damaligen Kurienkardinal Ratzinger unterschriebenen Brief wurden Bedenken hinsichtlich der Folgen einer Amtsenthebung des Geistlichen für die Weltkirche geäußert. Das Schreiben, das der Nachrichtenagentur AP (Associated Press) vorlag, ist Teil einer mehrjährigen Korrespondenz zwischen der Diözese von Oakland und dem Vatikan über eine mögliche Entfernung des Priesters aus dem Amt.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 10, 2010 at 9:29:00 AM CEST
Scientology 'has branch in every English prison'
Scientology has obtained a foothold in every prison in England and Wales, a spokesman for the religion claims, despite official figures which show only three prisoners acknowledge following the religion.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 4, 2010 at 1:40:00 PM CEST
Ostern
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 3, 2010 at 8:51:00 AM CEST
Vatican Says Sex Abuse in Catholic Church was Homosexual Problem, not Pedophilia. Stop ... Does That Mean that Sexual Abuse of Young GIRLS is Okay??
The sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church in the US and abroad was a matter of homosexuals preying on adolescent boys, not one of pedophilia, said the Vatican's representative at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland. It is "more correct," said Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, to speak of ephebophilia, a homosexual attraction to adolescent males, than pedophilia, in relation to the scandals.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: Glaubensfragen - on March 30, 2010 at 3:02:00 PM CEST
Scientology lawsuits reveal elite group
At the edge of arid foothills far outside Los Angeles, hundreds of Scientology followers live on a gated, 500-acre campus and work long hours for almost no pay reproducing the works of founder L. Ron Hubbard and creating the church’s teaching and promotional materials.
The church says its 5,000 so-called Sea Organization members are religious devotees akin to monks who are exempt from wage requirements and overtime. But two lawsuits filed by two former Sea Org members, as they are known, allege the workers are little more than slave laborers, forced to work 100-hour weeks for pennies and threatened with manual labor if they cause trouble.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: Glaubensfragen - on March 30, 2010 at 3:01:00 PM CEST
Can a pope resign from office?
The possibility has been raised that Pope Benedict XVI should resign over the snowballing paedophile priest scandal in the Catholic Church. The BBC's Vatican correspondent, David Willey, examines the question.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: Glaubensfragen - on March 23, 2010 at 11:36:00 AM CET
Science flies you to the moon
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
