2013年2月5日星期二

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Vatican official thanks media for uncovering Church abuse

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 01:51 PM PST

Father Hans Zollner, the Vatican's Chair of the Steering Committee of the Centre for the Protection of Minors, looks on as he attends a news conference at the Pontificial Gregorian University in RomeROME (Reuters) - The Vatican's new sexual crimes prosecutor on Tuesday acknowledged that the U.S. media "did a service" to the Catholic Church through its aggressive reporting on child abuse that helped the Church "confront the truth". The rare acknowledgement came from Father Robert Oliver, a canon lawyer from the U.S. diocese of Boston, speaking at his first public appearance since becoming the Vatican's "Promoter of Justice" last week. ...


AP Interview: Egypt's pope criticizes Islamists

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:53 AM PST

Egypt's Coptic Pope Tawadros II speaks to the Associated Press during a visit to the historic al-Muharraq Monastery, a centuries-old site, some 180 miles (300 kilometers) south of Cairo in the province of Assiut, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. Egypt's Coptic Christian pope sharply criticized the country's Islamist leadership in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, saying the new constitution is discriminatory and Christians should not be treated as a minority. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AL-MUHARRAQ MONASTERY, Egypt (AP) — Egypt's Coptic patriarch delivered a cautious but unusually sharp criticism of the nation's Islamist leadership in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, dismissing the new constitution as discriminatory and rounds of national dialogues sponsored by the president as meaningless.


Vatican denies had role in Monte Paschi-Antonveneta deal

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:41 AM PST

ROME (Reuters) - The Vatican on Tuesday denied an Italian newspaper report linking its IOR bank to Monte dei Paschi di Siena's 2007 acquisition of smaller rival Antonveneta, a deal which is now the center of a widening corruption investigation. The Corriere della Sera reported on Monday that the chief executive of the Vatican's Institute for Works of Religion (IOR) had "delicate and important meetings" with Monte Paschi's adviser for the 9-billion euro purchase of Antonveneta. ...

Report: Ireland oversaw harsh Catholic laundries

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:28 AM PST

The interior of the now derelict Sisters of Our Lady of Charity Magdalene Laundry, in Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. An expert panel has found that Ireland should be legally responsible for workhouses run by Catholic nuns that once kept thousands of women and teenage girls against their will in unpaid, forced labor. Tuesday's report analyzing the defunct Magdalene Laundries found state authorities committed about one-quarter of 10,012 women to the workhouses from 1922 to 1996, often in response to school truancy or homelessness. Ireland stigmatized them as "fallen" women — prostitutes — but most were simply unwed mothers or daughters of them. The report found that 15 percent lived in the workhouses for more than five years, and police caught and returned women who fled. They endured 12-hour work days of washing and ironing. Tuesday's findings could pave the way for a state apology and payments to survivors. (AP Photo/Julien Behal, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUTDUBLIN (AP) — Ireland's government oversaw workhouses run by Catholic nuns that once held thousands of women and teenage girls in unpaid labor and usually against their will, a fact-finding report concluded Tuesday, establishing state involvement in the country's infamous Magdalene Laundries for the first time.


Ohio man recovers stolen 300-year-old family Bible

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:20 AM PST

BibleMARYSVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A central Ohio man's heart sank when he realized that burglars had broken in and stolen a safe holding his most prized possession — a 300-year-old family Bible.


Expert panel: Ireland oversaw forced, unpaid labour in Catholic laundries for 'fallen' women

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 08:32 AM PST

DUBLIN - An expert panel has found that Ireland should be legally responsible for workhouses run by Catholic nuns that once kept thousands of women and teenage girls against their will in unpaid, forced labour.

Church & Dwight 4Q US sales boom

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 08:12 AM PST

Church & Dwight's fourth-quarter net income jumped 27 percent, driven by strong sales of Arm & Hammer and other consumer products in the U.S. offset weaker demand overseas.The company, which makes everything ...

Report: Ireland oversaw abusive Catholic laundries

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 08:01 AM PST

DUBLIN (AP) — An expert panel has found that Ireland should be legally responsible for workhouses run by Catholic nuns that once kept thousands of women and teenage girls against their will in unpaid, forced labor.

Expert panel: Ireland oversaw forced, unpaid labor in Catholic laundries for 'fallen' women

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 08:00 AM PST

Expert panel: Ireland oversaw forced, unpaid labor in Catholic laundries for 'fallen' women.

AP Interview: Egypt pope criticizes constitution

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 06:55 AM PST

Egypt's Coptic Pope Tawadros II speaks to the Associated Press during a visit to the historic al-Muharraq Monastery, a centuries-old site, some 180 miles (300 kilometers) south of Cairo in the province of Assiut, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. Egypt's Coptic Christian pope sharply criticized the country's Islamist leadership in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, saying the new constitution is discriminatory and Christians should not be treated as a minority. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AL-MUHARRAQ MONASTERY, Egypt (AP) — Egypt's Coptic Christian pope sharply criticized the country's Islamist leadership in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, saying the new constitution is discriminatory and Christians should not be treated as a minority.


Catholic hospital group apologizes for fetus lawsuit defense

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 08:25 PM PST

DENVER (Reuters) - A Catholic hospital group said on Monday it was "morally wrong" to contradict its church's teachings on the beginning of life when it argued fetuses are not people to defend itself against a wrongful death lawsuit in Colorado. Catholic Health Initiatives said it will instead use other legal theories in the case. The legal defense the hospital group has since disavowed stems from a malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit filed by Jeremy Stodghill in the 2006 deaths of his pregnant wife, Lori, and the couple's twin fetuses. ...

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