World Religions
The meaning of the Pope's tears
Posted on April 19, 2010, at 2:29 PMBenedict reportedly wept during a meeting with victims of sexual abuse by a Catholic priest. Does this mean he is finally taking the scandal seriously?
The Pope's penance: The world reacts
Posted on April 16, 2010, at 1:00 PMWith the Catholic sex abuse crisis still growing, Pope Benedict XVI said "we Christians" must repent. Did he go far enough?
5 most damning films about Catholic child abuse
Posted on April 14, 2010, at 1:22 PMLong before the Pope was implicated in a global scandal, documentary filmmakers have been exposing clergy child abuse in smaller, horrifying ways
Can atheists arrest the Pope?
Posted on April 12, 2010, at 12:53 PMTwo respected British atheists plan to arrest Pope Benedict for "crimes against humanity." A legitimate threat or just grandstanding?
Is the Pope another Nixon?
Posted on April 7, 2010, at 11:05 AMWhile some commentators are calling the Catholic Church's sex-abuse scandal a "Holy Watergate" — others damn the comparisons as "shameful"
Is the Catholic Church being persecuted?
Posted on April 6, 2010, at 9:00 AMA senior Vatican priest has likened outrage at sex abuse in the Catholic Church to the persecution of the Jews
Scientology's 'slave labor' scandal
Posted on March 29, 2010, at 3:38 PMSome 5,000 members of a Scientology chapter work long hours for scant pay at a church compound. Devoted worshippers or slave laborers?
Pope Benedict and the pedophilia scandal: A timeline
Posted on March 26, 2010, at 2:24 PMA chronological look at how the sex abuse scandal has cast a shadow over Benedict XVI's papacy
Pope's apology: Too little, too late?
Posted on March 22, 2010, at 3:25 PMSome wonder if Pope Benedict's apology for the child-sex-abuse scandal, even if heartfelt, fell shamefully short of offering concrete solutions
The latest Tweets on 'Pope Benedict'
Posted on March 18, 2010, at 3:38 PMUnfiltered, real-time commentary from the world at large
Time to let priests have sex?
Posted on March 16, 2010, at 12:21 PMNew evidence of sexual abuse lead some to wonder whether priests are being perverted by repressed desire
Scientology's new media war
Posted on February 24, 2010, at 12:09 PMUnder fire, the Church of Scientology has hired journalists to "investigate" one of its most aggressive critics: A Florida newspaper
The end of Scientology?
Posted on October 28, 2009, at 8:20 AMFined for fraud in France, embarrassed on 'Nightline', and dumped by a Hollywood director—what’s next for Scientology?
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