The Vatican, for the first time, has published what is being called a “handbook” on dealing with sexual abuse: “Civil law concerning reporting of crimes to the appropriate authorities should always be followed,” state the guidelines, compiled from existing Vatican rules. “Should”. That is an interesting word. So who decides if it should be reported […]
This guy is a total disgust to humanity. Roberts: Bill is good but you cannot link homosexuality to a pedophilia crisis in the Catholic Church. Bill Donohue: It’s not a pedophilia… most of the victims were post pubescent… Roberts: You know… Donohue: You’ve got to get your facts straight. I’m sorry. If I’m the only […]
The Vatican’s problems continue to grow. Something I didn’t know is that in Germany you have to register as a Catholic and if you leave the church you have to actually deregister. There’s government run offices to do that. On MSNBC a reporter said at one office she was at there were 85 people before […]
More trouble for Benedict: Top Vatican officials — including the future Pope Benedict XVI — did not defrock a priest who molested as many as 200 deaf boys, even though several American bishops repeatedly warned them that failure to act on the matter could embarrass the church, according to church files newly unearthed as part […]
That would be Republican Bruce Bartlett, who worked in both the Reagan and Bush 41 administrations, as well as being a former staffer to Ron Paul: On March 16 the Tea Party crowd showed up for yet another demonstration on Capitol Hill in Washington. Curious about the factual knowledge these people have regarding the issues […]
In the ongoing lawsuit Viacom has against Google/YouTube, today we get this interesting revelation: For years, Viacom continuously and secretly uploaded its content to YouTube, even while publicly complaining about its presence there. It hired no fewer than 18 different marketing agencies to upload its content to the site. It deliberately “roughed up” the videos […]
Now this is funny: Birthers beware: Hawaii may start ignoring your repeated requests for proof that President Barack Obama was born here. As the state continues to receive e-mails seeking Obama’s birth certificate, the state House Judiciary Committee heard a bill Tuesday permitting government officials to ignore people who won’t give up. “Sometimes we may […]
Or as I like to call him – Pope Been A Dick: A widening child sexual abuse inquiry in Europe has landed at the doorstep of Pope Benedict XVI, as a senior church official acknowledged Friday that a German archdiocese made “serious mistakes” in handling an abuse case while the pope served as its archbishop. […]
One of the long time corner stones of the Republican Party has been trying to rid ourselves of any government regulation. They believe that people and business should be able to regulate themselves. Here’s an example of what that system produces: The market concentration for health insurance is so monopolized in some areas that insurance […]
Funny how stories like this don’t get too much attention in the U.S.: The Vatican was today rocked by a sex scandal reaching into Pope Benedict’s household after a chorister was sacked for allegedly procuring male prostitutes for a papal gentleman-in-waiting. Angelo Balducci, a Gentleman of His Holiness, was caught by police on a wiretap […]