Tarek Charara's Weblog

lundi 5 août 2002

Psychiatrist Says His Views on Abuse by Priests Are Similar to His Critics'. Dr. Paul R. McHugh, who was recently appointed to the panel assembled by the Roman Catholic Church to look into sexual abuse by priests, said he was surprised by the objections to his selection. By Erica Goode. [New York Times: National]
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Big Brother Credit Cards. Under pressure from a moralizing minority, some card issuers take away your freedoms. [The Motley Fool]
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Vatican Excommunicates Seven Women [AP World News].

Pope John Paul II has made clear he sees no room for debate about the possibility of opening up the priesthood to women. The Church says Jesus chose men to be his apostles and that the practice of ordaining only men must stand.

(If Jesus would be alive today, he would probably chose men AND women to be his apostles. What do you think?)

The excommucated women were identified as Mayr-Lumetzberger and Adelinde Theresia Roitinger, both of Austria; Gisela Forster, Iris Muller, Ida Raming and Pia Brunner, all of Germany; and Angela White of the United States.
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