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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II talks with Pope Benedict XVI during an audience in the Morning Drawing Room at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. The Pope is on a four-day visit to Britian. (AP Photo David Cheskin/Pool)

Pope, in Britain, admits failures in abuse scandal

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Pope Benedict XVI leave the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, after a formal welcome Thursday, his first day of a four-day visit to the United Kingdom. The pope acknowledged that the Catholic Church failed to act quickly or decisively to deal with child molestations by priests.

In Scotland, Pope reiterates sex-abuse failures

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (AP Photo/Amnesty International, ho)

Vatican: Stoning in Iran adultery case ‘brutal’

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Belgian cardinal: I was ‘naive’ to meet victim

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

Wreckage is scattered across a street in Armagh, Northern Ireland, after a car bombing outside a police station in April, as tensions between Catholics and Protestants increased. (Associated Press)

Irish nationalist militias step up attacks, recruitment

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Illustration: Christopher Hitchens by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

KUHNER: Why God is great

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner and - The Washington Times

Associated Press
"This gives a signal that we are very, very serious in our commitment to promote safe environments and to offer an adequate response to abuse," said Monsignor Charles Scicluna, a Vatican doctrinal official who helped revise the norms. "If more changes are needed, they will be made."

Vatican toughens rules on sexual abuse of children

By Philip Pullella REUTERS NEWS AGENCY - The Washington Times

KUHNER: Christophobia

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner

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