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WikiLeaks cables show Vatican as horrified by Irish clergy's sex abuse |
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Catholic News Service December 13, 2010 WikiLeaks cables show Vatican as horrified by Irish clergy's sex abuse
By John Thavis
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A spate of U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks portray the Vatican as horrified over clerical sex abuse in Ireland but also deeply concerned that the procedures used by Irish investigators of the scandal were "an affront to Vatican sovereignty."
The cables, released Dec. 10-12, touched on a wide range of issues, from the Vatican's efforts to deal with leftist governments in Latin America to its recent moves to welcome disaffected Anglicans into the Catholic Church.
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Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Celebrated Throughout the Americas |
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Catholic Online 12/12/2010 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Celebrated Throughout the Americas Many American cities join in the festivities By Randy Sly WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - One of Mexico's most beloved celebrations, the Festival of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12, is finding its way to churches and communities across United States.
As the patron of Mexico, the faithful from all over the nation begin to arrive on the day before the celebration at the Basilica of Guadalupe, in Mexico City, home of the miraculous image of La Virgin Morena (the dark Virgin).
Pilgrims arrive by the thousands, many of them by bicycle and make their way into the atrium of the Basilica. Among them, dancers, musicians, singers and other performers come to offer their performances in honor of La Morenita.
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Deprivatizing Religion in America |
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KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ, Special to the National Catholic Register 09/27/2010 Fifty years ago Sept. 12, in a famous speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, John F. Kennedy announced his belief “in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute.” He said he believed that a president’s religious views should be “his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the nation, or imposed by the nation upon him as a condition to holding that office.” Which is absolutely the wrong approach for the Catholic in public life. Kennedy’s principle, of course, has a rich history, with even Catholic politicians expressing such things on Catholic campuses; by now, being merely personally opposed to evil on the Notre Dame campus might be among the least outrageous of its fruits. This is why, 50 years later, another Catholic politician, considered a long shot for president, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum gave a response to Kennedy in a Houston speech, at the University of St. Thomas there. |
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