The Vatican on Monday will make its most detailed defense yet against claims that it is liable for U.S. bishops who allowed priests to molest children, saying bishops are not its employees and that a 1962 Vatican document did not require them to keep quiet, The Associated Press has learned. The Vatican will make the arguments in a motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit on jurisdictional grounds filed in Louisville, Ky., but it could affect other efforts to sue the Holy See. ... read more >>
Archive for the ‘Religion’ Category
AP Exclusive: Vatican details sex abuse defense in key US case; bishops aren’t employees
Monday, May 17th, 2010
Catholic Church child abuse scandal: Archbishop Vincent Nichols expresses ‘deep shame’
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
The Most Rev Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, referred to the “inadequate response by some church leaders” to the “terrible crimes” committed. He said: “The criminal offences committed by some priests and religious are a profound scandal. They bring deep shame to the whole church.” ... read more >>
The Most Rev Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, referred to the “inadequate response by some church leaders” to the “terrible crimes” committed. He said: “The criminal offences committed by some priests and religious are a profound scandal. They bring deep shame to the whole church.” ... read more >>
Too many laws have created a climate of fear, bishop warns
Monday, March 22nd, 2010
Rt Rev Peter Price, Bishop of Bath and Wells, said that many well meaning laws were destroying society and that while individual rights had increased, equivalent responsibility has decreased. Speaking on Sunday to the annual legal service in Wells Cathedral, Somerset, the bishop said the General Election would be held at the end of one of the most legislative parliaments in history, in which about 4,000 new laws had entered the statute book. ... read more >>
Rt Rev Peter Price, Bishop of Bath and Wells, said that many well meaning laws were destroying society and that while individual rights had increased, equivalent responsibility has decreased. Speaking on Sunday to the annual legal service in Wells Cathedral, Somerset, the bishop said the General Election would be held at the end of one of the most legislative parliaments in history, in which about 4,000 new laws had entered the statute book. ... read more >>
School textbook depicts Jesus with cigarette and beer
Friday, February 19th, 2010
A Delhi-based publisher has landed in a controversy after some textbooks published by it carried a picture of Jesus Christ holding a cigarette in one hand and a beer can in the other. Authorities of a convent school here, where the cursive writing book was supplied among the students of Class I to IV, today filed an FIR against Skyline Publication. ... read more >>
A Delhi-based publisher has landed in a controversy after some textbooks published by it carried a picture of Jesus Christ holding a cigarette in one hand and a beer can in the other. Authorities of a convent school here, where the cursive writing book was supplied among the students of Class I to IV, today filed an FIR against Skyline Publication. ... read more >>
Witchcraft is the most benign of all the silly religions
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Last weekend, a photograph of a witch appeared next to a newspaper story about the 2011 census. This census is reportedly in jeopardy because of “prank responses to questions”: 400,000 people listed their religion as “Jedi” in 2001, “in addition to 7,000 people who said they were witches”. I paused. Why are witches bunged together with Jedi in the mock-me-I’m-a-twit corner? Why are they being fingered for the disappearance of the census, an institution so boring that, if it were a sport, no one would watch it? ... read more >>
Last weekend, a photograph of a witch appeared next to a newspaper story about the 2011 census. This census is reportedly in jeopardy because of “prank responses to questions”: 400,000 people listed their religion as “Jedi” in 2001, “in addition to 7,000 people who said they were witches”. I paused. Why are witches bunged together with Jedi in the mock-me-I’m-a-twit corner? Why are they being fingered for the disappearance of the census, an institution so boring that, if it were a sport, no one would watch it? ... read more >>
ACH goes smokefree
Friday, November 27th, 2009
Patients entering the ER at Atmore Community Hospital will be able to breath easier beginning Thursday when the campus goes smokefree – indoors and outdoors. The new policy coincides with the Great American Smokeout, a day set aside yearly to urge smokers to quit. ... read more >>
Patients entering the ER at Atmore Community Hospital will be able to breath easier beginning Thursday when the campus goes smokefree – indoors and outdoors. The new policy coincides with the Great American Smokeout, a day set aside yearly to urge smokers to quit. ... read more >>
Smoking ban debated
Friday, November 20th, 2009
On Oct. 6 the Aldermanic Human Services Committee approved the hospital’s request to ban smoking on the publicly owned sections of Chapel, Orchard and George streets and Sherman Avenue, and sent the request to the full Board of Aldermen, which will vote on it Nov. 5. At the same meeting, Ward 20 Alderman Charles Blango, who chairs the committee, decided to delay action on a similar request by Masjid al-Islam, a neighboring mosque on George Street, until the Board of Aldermen’s Nov. 5 meeting. ... read more >>
On Oct. 6 the Aldermanic Human Services Committee approved the hospital’s request to ban smoking on the publicly owned sections of Chapel, Orchard and George streets and Sherman Avenue, and sent the request to the full Board of Aldermen, which will vote on it Nov. 5. At the same meeting, Ward 20 Alderman Charles Blango, who chairs the committee, decided to delay action on a similar request by Masjid al-Islam, a neighboring mosque on George Street, until the Board of Aldermen’s Nov. 5 meeting. ... read more >>
HOLY SMOKES: Biker John’s ministry offers church, cigars and rock ‘n’ roll
Monday, November 9th, 2009
Biker John’s ministry offers church, cigars and rock ‘n’ roll ... read more >>
Biker John’s ministry offers church, cigars and rock ‘n’ roll ... read more >>
Study shows bans on tobacco curb heart attack rates
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
New research claiming that smoking bans in public places cut heart attacks by a third offers further convincing proof of the dangers long associated with tobacco, Seventh-day Adventist health experts say. ... read more >>
New research claiming that smoking bans in public places cut heart attacks by a third offers further convincing proof of the dangers long associated with tobacco, Seventh-day Adventist health experts say. ... read more >>
Fasting Helps Give Up Undesirable Habits
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
DUBAI – It’s a month when one can learn to eat healthy, exercise, connect with oneself and even quit smoking. Fasting during Ramadan, as experts put it, can help do away with unhealthy habits for a better life. ... read more >>
DUBAI – It’s a month when one can learn to eat healthy, exercise, connect with oneself and even quit smoking. Fasting during Ramadan, as experts put it, can help do away with unhealthy habits for a better life. ... read more >>
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