From The New York Times, Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to the USA:
“Any tendency to treat religion as a private matter must be resisted,” he said.
Then, on the issue of child abuse within the Church (emphasis mine):
For the second day on his first official visit to America, the pope acknowledged the “deep shame” [...]
When I look at contemporary public discourse, no day seems to go by without at least someone mentioning the threat of Islam. Last week Dutch MP Geert Wilders even went as far as to call for a ban on the Koran itself, comparing it in true Godwin style to Hitler’s Mein Kampf, because “it incites [...]
Christmas time is traditionally a period of religious tension and social stress, and the first Christmas since the advent of “laïcité républicaine” has not spared France. Last month, students in Lagny-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne, e.g. outer Paris) had to give up their Christmas tree after a group of students (from what I’ve read, the principle won’t [...]
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