2012年5月29日星期二

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'American Colony' peers inside religious commune

Posted: 29 May 2012 01:58 PM PDT

This undated image released by National Geographic Channels shows Hutterites Rita Hofer and Sarah Hofer pouring lye for soap in King Colony, Mont. "Meet the Hutterites," a National Geographic documentary series about a small religious colony in rural Montana, debuts Tuesday, May 29. (AP Photo/National Georgraphic, Ben Shank)Bertha Hofer deserves to be one of the summer's biggest, if unlikeliest, TV stars.


Idaho calls 'Five Wives Vodka' offensive to church

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:28 PM PDT

Idaho liquor regulators say a Utah liquor named "Five Wives Vodka" is in bad taste and they won't stock bottles or take special orders at state-owned stores.The middle-shelf vodka is from a distillery ...

Idaho calls 'Five Wives Vodka' offensive to church

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:28 PM PDT

Idaho liquor regulators say a Utah liquor named "Five Wives Vodka" is in bad taste and they won't stock bottles or take special orders at state-owned stores.

The Vatican Scandals: What Did the Pope's Butler Know?

Posted: 29 May 2012 12:08 PM PDT

The most amazing fact to be revealed during the scandals roiling the Vatican in recent weeks is the extent to which things have been revealed at all. The normally secretive institution has been rocked by a series of damaging disclosures, giving the impression that it has lost control of its public image.

Vatican says leaks violated conscience of faithful

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:45 AM PDT

The St. Peter's Basilica dome is seen through the spy hole of Knights of Malta gardens in Rome, Monday, May 28, 2012. The Vatican's investigation into the source of leaked documents has yielded its first target with the arrest of the pope's butler, but the investigation is continuing into a scandal that has embarrassed the Holy See by revealing evidence of internal power struggles, intrigue and corruption in the highest levels of the Catholic Church governance. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)The Vatican on Tuesday sought to put the widening scandal over leaked documents into a very different light, saying the stolen papers didn't just concern matters of internal church governance but represented the thoughts of people who in writing to the pope believed they were essentially speaking before God.


Pope wounded by butler betrayal

Posted: 29 May 2012 11:41 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI took over the papacy in 2005Pope Benedict XVI feels betrayed by his butler, who was arrested during an investigation into Vatican whistle blowers, and is determined to root out moles, spokesman Federico Lombardi said Tuesday.


Vatican says leaks scandal is brutal attack on pope

Posted: 29 May 2012 10:29 AM PDT

File photo of Pope's butler, Paolo Gabriele with Pope Benedict XVI at St. Peter's Square in VaticanVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican on Tuesday denounced the theft of secret papal documents as a "brutal" personal attack on Pope Benedict as a powerful group of cardinals hunted more culprits behind the biggest crisis of his pontificate. With the crisis over leaks of sensitive documents deepening, the third most senior figure in the Vatican fired a bitter salvo in the Vatican's official newspaper L'Osservatore Romano. ...


Vatican: Pope unafraid of results of leaks scandal

Posted: 29 May 2012 09:42 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI isn't afraid about what might emerge in the widening investigation into leaked documents and is encouraging prosecutors and a fact-finding commission to get to the truth over one of the most serious Holy See scandals in recent history, the Vatican spokesman said Tuesday.

Leaks reveal bitter Vatican power struggle

Posted: 28 May 2012 08:19 PM PDT

Leaked documents have shed light on many Vatican secrets, including the Church's tax problems, child sex scandalsThe flood of secret Vatican documents leaked to the press, enraging the Holy See, aims to oust the Church's powerful number two and maybe to replace the pope himself, experts say.


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