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Published: 04/20/10

Debate: 4 Things the Pope Needs to Do

By  not in system - AOL News
Debate: 4 Things the Pope Needs to Do

(April 20) -- My entry for the topic "pedophilia" in the 2007 Encyclopedia of Catholicism states: "Nothing has damaged the Catholic Church at the turn of the millennium more than the pedophile scandal. Many observers remain perplexed by the Vatican's continuing obtuseness toward the seriousness of the scandal." Unabated, the damage continues and the perplexity remains. And instead of addressing the problem, its leaders in the Vatican's inner sanctum offer lame explanations and excuses. _____________________ OPPOSING VIEWThere is no organization in the world that has admitted its mistakes, ...

Published: 04/5/10

About That Vast Anti-Catholic Conspiracy . . .

By  Melinda Henneberger - Politics Daily
About That Vast Anti-Catholic Conspiracy . . .

Oh Holy Father, I am going to tell you exactly what I told Hillary Clinton -- not that she wanted to hear it any more than you do. Because you were busy receiving mail from a monster named Father Lawrence Murphy in January 1998, you may or may not recall our then-first lady telling the "Today" show's Matt Lauer that her husband had not been carrying on with a White House intern. Nope, that was just another story being peddled by his enemies, as part of their unrelenting efforts to destroy him by any means necessary. "I do believe that this is a battle," she said. "I mean, look at the very ...

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Published: 03/25/10

Wisconsin Church Abuse Victim: 'Never Give Up'

By  Lisa Holewa - AOL News
Wisconsin Church Abuse Victim: 'Never Give Up'

MILWAUKEE (March 25) -- Arthur Budzinski sits at a coffee shop, using sign language to talk about a new report that top Vatican officials knew about the priest who abused him and hundreds of other boys at a Catholic school for the deaf -- but failed to act out of fear of embarrassing the church. "This is nothing new for him," his daughter, Gigi Budzinski, said, interpreting her father's signs. "He's known for many, many years that people at the Vatican knew this and ignored it. His innocence was stolen from him when he was just a boy. Now he's 61 years old and he's still fighting this same ...

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