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Pope Benedict avoids sex scandal comment on Malta visit

Image via Wikipedia Pope Benedict is to end his first foreign trip since the child sex abuse scandals came to a head with an open-air Mass in Malta’s capital, Valetta. The Pope only referred to the priest sex abuse scandal in the most general terms on Saturday. Three priests are being accused of sexually [...]
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Catholic Cardinal rejects sex abuse ‘gossip’

A senior cardinal has said the Roman Catholic faithful will not be swayed by “petty gossip” about child sex-abuse allegations. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, made the remark in an unusual message of support to Pope Benedict XVI during Easter Mass. The Pope did not did not mention the [...]
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Pope calls for true world political authority

The Pope yesterday condemned the "grave deviations and failures" of capitalism...
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