Verbatim."The purpose is not a witch hunt, although there may be some witches who need to be hunted. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. ." --Father Benedict Neenan, O.S.B., president of Conception Seminary College in Missouri, on the Vatican visitation of U.S. seminaries (Des Moines Des Moines, city, United States Des Moines (dĭ moin`), city (1990 pop. 193,187), state capital and seat of Polk co., S central Iowa, at the junction of the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers; inc. Register, Sept. 26, 2005) "Seminarians, gay or straight, didn't repeatedly shun victims, transfer predators, or deceive prosecutors." --Barbara Doris of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, known as SNAP, is the oldest and most active support group for women and men abused by religious authority figures in the US. It is an independent, non-profit organization with no connections with any churches. , charging that the seminar), visitations were aimed at blaming gays for the sex abuse scandal (St. Louis Post-Dispatch The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is the only major city-wide newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri. Although written to serve Greater St. Louis, the Post-Dispatch is one of the largest newspapers in the region, and is available and read as far west as Springfield, Missouri. , Sept. 26, 2005) "Pray for me so that I don't have to have any more transfusions and so I can go back to the playground with my friend Simone." --Fabiola, a patient at Rome's Bambino Gesu children's hospital, in a note to Pope Benedict XVI  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , who was visiting patients
(Reuters, Sept. 30, 2005)
"Even if it provokes great suffering, the lack of the Eucharist doesn't confer to the faithful or the People of God any right to it." --Cardinal Angelo Scola at October's Synod on the Eucharist (Associated Press, Oct. 5, 2005) "Bad money shouldn't be burned. It should be transformed." --Mexican Bishop Ramon Godinez, on accepting donations from drug traffickers (Guardian [U.K.], Sept. 22, 2005) |
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