COLUMNA INVITADA
De la santa madre iglesia a la iglesia "amigota"

Octubre 2003por Eileen Spatz

Eileen Spatz es madre de tres niños y reside en San Clemente, California. Es defensora de la educación en el hogar y aún imparte enseñanza en su hogar a su hijo menor. Ha escrito para numerosas publicaciones, incluidos The Washington Post y Los Angeles Times. Es una “retornada” a la iglesia católica (desde el 1998).

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Germany
The Catholic Church in Germany has issued tougher guidelines on the handling of reports of sex abuse in an attempt to prevent further cases being covered up.

Washington
The Diocese of Spokane is broaching a consequence of its bankruptcy once thought unthinkable: the sale of churches to pay victims of clergy sex abuse.

Italy
Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi's visit to Rome to mark the second anniversary of a friendship treaty with former coloniser Italy stumbled into controversy after he said Europe should convert to Islam.

Ireland
Cardinal Sean Brady, the Archbishop of Armagh, quashed rumors circulating in clerical circles that he had offered his resignation to Pope Benedict.

Belgium
The former head of the Catholic Church in Belgium tried to stop a victim of sex abuse from going public with their story, Church officials have confirmed.

Philippines
At least three people were wounded after unidentified men tossed grenades Sunday during a Mass inside a Catholic Church in the southern part of the country.

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