VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AP) – 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 [homosexual child rape and repeated molestation] abuse cases secret.
The revelations have put the spotlight on Benedict's handling of abuse claims both when he was archbishop of Munich from 1977-1982 and then the prefect of the Vatican office that deals with such crimes — a position he held until his 2005 election as pope. More>>
READER REACTION: 228 users liked this comment, 59 disliked it: "I didn't do it, he did..." "Everyone's doing it..." "I didn't know..." How can any religion be so morally blind and claim infallibility? How about a few excommunications? Maybe punish negligent leadership the same way that the Church punishes Catholics who break the church's marriage rules a[t] a minimum. The pope, as the "hammer of God" (leader of the Inquisition) is where the buck has to stop. Arrogant hubris and the belief that God is on the side of the Church leadership will empty the churches around the world. God is on no one's side (Bob).
- Court upholds "under God" in Pledge of Allegiance
SAN FRANCISCO – An appellate court has upheld references to God on U.S. currency and in the Pledge of Allegiance, rejecting arguments they violate the constitutional separation of church and state. "The Pledge of Allegiance serves to unite our vast nation through the proud recitation of some of the ideals upon which our Republic was founded," Judge Carlos Bea wrote for the majority in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 2-1 ruling.
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