As he battles cancer, Holocaust survivor living in Asheville keeps his wit (Asheville Citizen-Times)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:26:23 GMT
The Holocaust. Hitler. A spray of machine gun bullets in World War II. Hal Marienthal survived them all. Now, the 86-year-old faces a new challenge: an internal growth that may kill him.
German Catholic schools at center of abuse scandal (Baxter Bulletin)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:14:33 GMT
BERLIN (AP) — In the home country of Pope Benedict XVI, new revelations of child abuse by Roman Catholic priests at German high schools are surfacing almost daily.
Celibacy debate re-emerges amid Church abuse scandal (Canada.com)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:06:14 GMT
The issue of priestly celibacy has re-emerged at the centre of the debate about how to prevent the child sexual abuse scandals now haunting the Roman Catholic Church.
Celibacy debate re-emerges amid Church abuse scandal (The Star)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:17:34 GMT
PARIS (Reuters) - Like a fire that can't be stamped out, the issue of priestly celibacy has re-emerged at the centre of the debate about how to prevent the child sexual abuse scandals now haunting the Roman Catholic Church.
Celibacy debate re-emerges amid Church abuse scandal (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:28:03 GMT
Like a fire that can't be stamped out, the issue of priestly celibacy has re-emerged at the center of the debate about how to prevent the child sexual abuse scandals now haunting the Roman Catholic Church.
Traffickers use voodoo to threaten Nigerian victims into prostitution (Deutsche Welle)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:45:50 GMT
German federal police say they have noticed a disturbing new trend in human trafficking. Some Nigerian traffickers are manipulating a belief in a traditional religion related to voodoo to intimidate their victims.
Church abuse scandal reaches pope's brother (AP via Yahoo! News)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:10:10 GMT
Church abuse scandals in Germany have reached the older brother of Pope Benedict XVI and are creeping ever closer to the pontiff himself.
German Catholics to investigate abuse charges (AP via Yahoo! News)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:33:44 GMT
Catholic authorities in Germany announced two major abuse investigations Wednesday — one into the renowned choir once led by Pope Benedict XVI's brother and another more general look into what everyone, including the pope, knew about the sexual and physical abuse of students.
Catholics Investigating Abuse Charges In Germany (NPR)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:26:58 GMT
Church authorities have launched two major investigations of sexual or physical abuse. One investigation centers on a renowned choir once led by Pope Benedict XVI's brother, while the other involves a more general look into what everyone — including the pope — knew about the sexual and physical abuse of students.
Did Pope Benedict XVI know? German Catholics to investigate abuse charges in choir run by brother (New York Daily News)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:33:00 GMT
Catholic authorities in Germany announced two major abuse investigations Wednesday - one into the renowned choir once led by Pope Benedict XVI 's brother and another into what everyone, including the pope, knew about the sexual and physical abuse of studen.
