[url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100401/ap_on_re_eu/eu_church_abuse_20[/url]
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VATICAN CITY – Cardinals rushed to Pope Benedict XVI's defense on Holy Thursday amid accusations he played a role in covering up sex abuse scandals, as an increasingly angry Vatican made a stinging attack on the U.S. media for its coverage.
The mood between the church and the media has become increasingly bitter as the scandal buffeting the 1 billion-member church has touched the pontiff himself. On Wednesday, the church singled out the New York Times for criticism in an unusually harsh attack.
Western news organizations, including The Associated Press, have reported extensively on the burgeoning scandal, and new revelations have emerged on an almost daily basis.
Venice's Cardinal Angelo Scola expressed solidarity with Benedict in his Holy Thursday homily in the lagoon city, describing him as a victim of "deceitful accusations." He praised the pope as seeking to remove all "dirt" from the priesthood.
Warsaw Archbishop Kazimierz Nycz said the church should take notice of individual tragedies and treat sex abuse cases very seriously, but at the same time he criticized the media for[B] "targeting the whole church, targeting the pope, and to that we must say `no' in the name of truth and in the name of justice."[/B]
The church offered its highest-level official response yet to one of the most explosive recent revelations regarding sex abuse — a story the Times broke on the church's decision in the 1990s not to defrock a Wisconsin priest accused of molesting deaf boys.
It was the latest in a series of attacks on the press. Last week, L'Osservatore Romano, denounced what it said was a "clear and despicable intention" by the media to strike at Benedict "at any cost."
[tab]Pope Benedict XVI blesses the crowd at the end of his weekly audience at Saint Peter's square, the Vatican. A US lawyer has filed a legal motion to have Pope Benedict XVI questioned over the child sex scandal that is rocking the Roman Catholic church, he told AFP Wednesday.[/tab][IMG]http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100331/capt.photo_1270075157841-1-0.jpg?x=274&y=345&q=85&sig=xDT9SoTDHLPaIKi4tCBdGQ--[/IMG]
In the article posted Wednesday on the Vatican's Web site, Cardinal William Levada, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, wrote: "I am not proud of America's newspaper of record, the New York Times, as a paragon of fairness."
Levada, an American, said the newspaper wrongly used the case of the Rev. Lawrence Murphy to find fault in Benedict's handling of abuse cases.
A Times spokeswoman defended the articles and said no one has cast doubt on the reported facts.
"The allegations of abuse within the Catholic church are a serious subject, as the Vatican has acknowledged on many occasions," said Diane McNulty. "Any role the current pope may have played in responding to those allegations over the years is a significant aspect of this story.[/quote][IMG]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5k_pdb22ZJA/SpyRZ1Zi8UI/AAAAAAAAAIs/GGzauEoWYa4/s400/deal_with_it.gif[/IMG]
They can't escape the shit storm
The world's biggest paedophile ring tries to defend itself from justice.
"Hey, why aren't you guys scared of us anymore? We're beyond reproach!"
[QUOTE] the scandal buffeting the 1 billion-member church has touched the pontiff himself[/QUOTE]
[img]http://s.buzzfeed.com/raw/the-worlds-most-annoying-man/austin-powers-shagadelic.jpg[/img]
[b]YEAH BABY!!![/b]
Fuck the pope is a scary motherfucker, that picture is a prime example.
EMPEROR PALPATINE MUAHAHAHA!
[IMG]http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/3510/popez.jpg[/IMG]
[img]http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100331/capt.photo_1270075157841-1-0.jpg?x=274&y=345&q=85&sig=xDT9SoTDHLPaIKi4tCBdGQ--[/img]
"Bring it on!"
This like like yelling "NO!" over and over again until you get your way.
Looks like himself wasn't the only thing he was [i]lashing[/i]
[img]http://www.problogger.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/mojo.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Nanaki;21100698]Looks like himself wasn't the only thing he was [i]lashing[/i]
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:wtc:
wheres my source link
That's right, Vatican. Keep digging yourself into that rut. We'll be ready with the hose for when it's deep enough.
The pope is just such a hilariosly evil looking person.
If the pope geniunely has nothing to do with the scandal, why is he fighting interviews about it?
It seems more indicative that he helped cover up if he's unwilling to clear his name.
Those stupid pun pictures have turned every thread in this forum to shit.
No people with no sense of humour have :v:
I lol'd at the south park last night when it mentioned this.
The Catholic church is pretty much sticking their fingers and saying "LALALALA WE CAN'T HEAR YOU".
Also, anyone else getting this ad at the bottom of the page?
[img]http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/imgad?id=CNvox-L6o4KOYBDYBRhPMgiN_eDr3UMnGA[/img]
Protip: go to the nearest Catholic church.
[QUOTE=Tyler_Durden;21099597]Fuck the pope is a scary motherfucker, that picture is a prime example.
EMPEROR PALPATINE MUAHAHAHA!
[IMG]http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/3510/popez.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Oh god your right.
They should stop [I]kidding[/I] themselves
[QUOTE=Tyler_Durden;21099597]Fuck the pope is a scary motherfucker, that picture is a prime example.
EMPEROR PALPATINE MUAHAHAHA!
[IMG]http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/3510/popez.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
[img]http://jdoe.fstudio.com/images/emperor.pope.jpg[/img]
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