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Pope Sued in Wisconsin Clergy Sex Abuse Case

MILWAUKEE (April 22) -- A man who says he was molested by a priest while a student at a Catholic school for the deaf filed a federal lawsuit today against Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican and senior church officials, saying the Vatican knew the priest was a pedophile and could have stopped the sexual abuse. The plaintiff...

Wisconsin Church Abuse Victim: 'Never Give Up'

MILWAUKEE (March 25) -- Arthur Budzinski sits at a coffee shop, using sign language to talk about a new report that top Vatican officials knew about the priest who abused him and hundreds of other boys at a Catholic school for the deaf -- but failed to act out of fear of embarrassing the church. "This is nothing new for...

Joseph Ratzinger News From the Web

05/18/12 The philosophical origins of the marriage crisis,... Source: Anglican Mainstream Joseph Ratzinger has one of the clearest and most insightful minds on the planet.
05/11/12 Catholic Bishops Take Aim At The Girl Scouts Source: Crooks and Liars Excuse me, but who appointed the Catholic Bishops Gods and Guardians of All Things?
04/29/12 Has the 'real Ratzinger' come out to play? Source: National Catholic Reporter When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected to the papacy in April 2005, the popular forecast called for stormy weather ahead.
04/26/12 Religion News: Books honor 7th anniversary of Pope... Source: Galva News - Galva IL Joseph Ratzinger was installed as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church on April 24, 2005.
04/23/12 Trial: Priest told of attempted seminary gang rape Source: Broadcast Newsroom PHILADELPHIA (AP) ' A Catholic priest admitting a sexual relationship with a teen said he had been the victim of an attempted gang rape by fellow seminarians, according to testimony in a clergy-abuse trial.

Background on Joseph Ratzinger

Benedict XVI (; ; ; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger on 16 April 1927) is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church, which includes the Latin Church and the twenty-two sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches.

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