Pope speaks with astronauts
Pope Benedict XVI spoke Saturday with the astronauts aboard the International Space Station, and specifically mentioned Cmdr. Mark Kelly’s wife, Gabrielle Giffords, who is recuperating from recent brain surgery. “I know that Mark and his wife were the victim of a serious attack, and I hope that her health continues to improve,” the pope said. [...]
Murderous Mugabe allowed in to the Vatican to attend late Pope’s beatification
YOU know the world’s gone batshit crazy when one detestable Catholic tyrant is granted leave to pay his respects to another. The murderous Robert Mugabe, according to this report, was given special dispensation to attend today’s €3.5-million beatification ceremony of the late Pope John Paul II in the Vatican. Mugabe, 87, a Roman Catholic, [...]
Pope admits ‘no answer to suffering’ in TV interview
For the first time in the history of the papacy, Benedict XVI takes part in a TV programme, taking questions from ordinary Catholics. More than 3,000 questions were submitted after the initiative was announced a month ago, of which seven were chosen and put to the 84-year-old pontiff. The Pope, speaking from his office in [...]
Pope says technology can’t replace god
Pope Benedict led Roman Catholics into Holy Week celebrations, telling a Palm Sunday crowd that man will pay the price for his pride if he believes technology can give him the powers of God. Under a splendid Roman sun, the German pope presided at a colorful celebration where tens of thousands of people waved palm [...]
Pope’s visit drains even more money from the taxpayer – and from Third World countries
The Pope’s few hours in Edinburgh during his visit to the UK in September last year cost the Lothian and Borders Police £543,226 and involved 900 police officers, newly-released figures from the police board show. And now the Government has revealed that it took almost £2 million from the overseas aid budget to finance the [...]
Leading Belgian Catholic priest Francois Houtart admits sex abuse of cousin
ANOTHER scandal has hit the Catholic Church in Belgium after a priest being promoted as a candidate for next years Nobel Peace Prize confessed to sexually abusing his eight-year-old cousin 40 years ago. Francois Houtart, 85, called the “pope of alternative globalisation” for helping developing countries, yesterday admitted the allegations made by one of his [...]
Vatican Clarifies Pope Benedict’s Remarks on Condoms – NY Times
By RACHEL DONADIO The Vatican on Tuesday issued its most authoritative clarification on Pope Benedict XVI’s recent remarks that condoms could sometimes be used for disease prevention, saying that the pope in no way justified their use to prevent pregnancy. The statement appeared to be a sign of the lingering confusion — and, perhaps, Vatican [...]
Pope: Church must reflect on what allowed abuse – Yahoo! News
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI told Vatican officials Monday that they must reflect on the church’s culpability in its child sex-abuse scandal, but he also blamed a secular society in which he said the mistreatment of children was frighteningly common. In his traditional, end-of-the-year speech to Vatican cardinals and bishops, Benedict said revelations of [...]
Pope calls Christians the most persecuted – Raw Story
Pope laments religious persecution as threat to world peace, says Christians suffer most Pope Benedict XVI singled out Christians as the religious group that suffers from the most persecution on Thursday, denouncing lack of freedom of worship as an “intolerable” threat to world security. The message reflected a pressing concern by Benedict in recent months [...]
