2012年5月19日星期六

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Vatican: New book of leaked documents 'criminal'

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The Vatican on Saturday denounced as "criminal" a new book of leaked internal documents that shed light on power struggles inside the Holy See and the thinking of its embattled top banker, and warned that it would take legal action against those responsible.

Cardinal's presence felt at Pa. church-abuse trial

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FILE - In this April 4, 2002 file photo, Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua announces at a news conference in Philadelphia, the appointment of a panel of lay persons, professionals and legal experts to review the Philadelphia archdiocese's handling of sexual abuse allegations against its priests. Bevilacqua died days before damning evidence was found at the Philadelphia archdiocese he led, and weeks before his top aide went on trial on child-endangerment charges. After a 10-week trial, jurors this week may be asked to decide whether Monsignor William Lynn should go to prison for helping the archdiocese hide abuse complaints in locked archives at the archdiocese. Or whether, as the defense argues, Lynn is merely a scapegoat for the all-powerful cardinal. (AP Photo/Brad C. Bower, File)Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua died just weeks before his longtime aide went on trial in the alleged cover-up of sexual assaults by priests within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

NH church elects Mass. priest for Episcopal bishop

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This is an undated photo provided by Louis Karno & Company Communications of the Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld, rector of the Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst, Mass. He is one of three candidates on the ballot to be voted on Saturday May 19, 2012, by the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire to be elected Bishop Coadjutor to succeed the Right Reverend V. Gene Robinson, who retires in January 2013. (AP Photo/Louis Karno & Company Communications LLC, Reynolds Winslow)A Massachusetts priest will succeed Bishop Gene Robinson as New Hampshire's next Episcopal bishop.

Filipino Christian conservatives denounce Lady Gaga concert

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U.S. singer Lady Gaga poses for photographers upon arrival for her concert in ManilaConservative Christian groups in the Philippines on Saturday marched near a shopping mall to demand the cancellation of Lady Gaga's two concerts next week, saying her songs carried "demonic" undertones. The protests in the heavily Catholic Philippines followed a decision this week by authorities in Indonesia, a secular state but with the world's largest Muslim population, to refuse her a permit to perform in Jakarta next month. ...

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