Pope Benedict XVI knocked down by woman! (VIDEO)

Pope Benedict XVI was knocked down by a woman as he was making his way down St. Peter's Basilica to start the Christmas Eve mass. The mentally unstable woman had down this before to other Catholic church officials. "Watch the video of Pope Benedict XVI getting knocked down by...
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Pope Benedict XVI knocked down by woman! (VIDEO)

Pope Benedict XVI was knocked down by a woman as he was making his way down St. Peter's Basilica to start the Christmas Eve mass. The mentally unstable woman had down this before to other Catholic church officials. "Watch the video of Pope Benedict XVI getting knocked down by...

Are we better off without religion?

"Popular religious belief is caused by dysfunctional social conditions. This is the conclusion of the latest sociological research (pdf) conducted by Gregory Paul. Far from religion benefiting societies, as the...

Pope to write to Irish Catholics about 'shameful' clerical abuse

"Pope Benedict XVI is "deeply disturbed and distressed" by a report detailing clerical sexual abuse in the archdiocese of Dublin and is writing to Irish Catholics to help them ensure the future safety of children in the church, the Vatican said today."Oh, this I cannot wait...

Fear dictates Ireland's abortion policy

"Pro-life hatred so dominates the debate it's hard to imagine any real change following this bid to overturn the Irish abortion ban."This piece resonates so greatly with me. As a pro-abortion women who has spent most of her life so far living in Ireland, I know that there is...

Sex abuse church elder McConaghy 'too fat for jail'

"A 66-year-old church elder convicted of indecently assaulting a child will not be sent to jail because his obesity means his health is "precarious". John William McConaghy, from Urbal Road, Dervock, County Antrim, was found guilty of indecent assault. " Well hasn't this...

Irish Church accused of abuse cover-up

"A damning report into child abuse in the Dublin archdiocese has criticised the Catholic Church hierarchy for covering up the abuse. The report investigated how Church and state authorities handled allegations of child abuse against 46 priests. " I thought that this had...

Sex education will help gay children

"As a gay child, and in common with many gay children, I was terrified for most of my school life. My earliest sexual encounters – which all occurred before the age of consent (21 at that time) – were unsafe...

Father Edward Pilarskiego: Drunk Preist Dragged From Pulpit

A Polish priest, Father Edward Pilarskiego, was dragged from the pulpit by his own parishoners as he was clutching a bottle of vodka. Father Pilarskiego was notorious for injecting foul language into his sermons as well as dipping into the parish's collection money for...

Irish schools to tackle homophobia

"Irish secondary schools have been given a guide to help them support their lesbian, gay and bisexual students after research showed that four out of five teachers witnessed verbal homophobic abuse but did not know how to handle it. "Homophobia is still a huge problem in...

Pope Canonizes 5 New Saints

Pope Benedict XVI has canonized five new saints: Father Damien (Jozef De Veuster), who tended to sufferers of leprosy on Molokai Zygmunt Szcezesny Felinski, who defended the Catholic Church as Poland was annexed...

Catholic Church urges whistleblowers to report sex abuse priests

"The Roman Catholic Church is urging whistleblowers to speak out against bishops, clergy, monks and nuns who they suspect might be guilty of sexual or other abuse. Alleged abusers who do not merit a criminal prosecution are to be subject to independent investigation by a...

Sex abuse rife in other religions, says Vatican

"The Vatican has lashed out at criticism over its handling of its paedophilia crisis by saying the Catholic church was "busy cleaning its own house" and that the problems with clerical sex abuse in other churches were as big, if not bigger." I'm not sure why the Vatican has...

Can Mormonism save America?

"As the world's leading military, economic, and cultural power since World War II, the United States will linger in the global gene pool and influence whatever comes next. But how exactly will Americanness get transmitted to the civilizations that replace us?"This is an...

Catholic bank owned share in pill makers

"A Roman Catholic bank in Germany has apologised after admitting it bought stocks in defence, tobacco and birth control companies. Der Spiegel newspaper discovered the bank had invested... 160,000 euros in American birth control pill maker Wyeth. "Ok, I'm biased against the...

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