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SCOTLAND Scotsman By RHIANNON WILLIAMS Published on Friday 1 March 2013 THE archbishop who is temporarily replacing Cardinal Keith O’Brien spoke of the “pain and dismay” he shares with worshippers, as he took Mass for the first time since being appointed. Archbishop Philip Tartaglia told those gathered at St Mary’s Cathedral in Edinburgh yesterday that he understood the archdiocese was in a “state of shock for the loss of its shepherd” following the cardinal’s resignation.

One Matthew Hamont or Hamond, a ploughwright, of Hetherset, was in 1579 tried by the Bishop and Consistory of Norwich “for that he denyed Christe,” and. Gabriel Harvey, called Nashe an atheist.28 But Nashe in his Christ's Tears over Jerusalem (1592), though he speaks characteristically of the “atheistical Julian,”.

The Pope appointed the Archbishop of Glasgow to govern the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh until a permanent replacement is chosen. Benedict XVI, who stepped down yesterday after nearly eight years as pope, named him apostolic administrator after Cardinal O’Brien resigned from the post on Monday amid allegations, which he contests, of inappropriate behaviour towards fellow priests. Archbishop Tartaglia told the congregation: “I am glad to be with you today, even if I wished, very much wished, that the circumstances were other than they are. I want first of all to say that I appreciate that this archdiocese is in a state of shock for the loss of its shepherd. OHIO/PENNSYLVANIA WYTV Attorneys from Boston and Johnstown, Pa. Are teaming up in at least one lawsuit against Catholic religious leaders accused of allowing Brother Stephen Baker access to hundreds of children at schools across the Midwest that he allegedly molested. Boston attorney Mitchell Garabedian, who successfully negotiated high-five figure settlements for 11 former students that were molested at Warren’s John F.

Kennedy High School and St. Mary’s Middle School, and Johnstown attorney Richard Serbin, who has filed two other lawsuits on behalf of Bishop McCort students that were allegedly molested by Baker, filed another lawsuit Thursday in Blair County Court. Serbin filed a second lawsuit Thursday on behalf of another alleged victim. Earlier in the week, he filed a lawsuit for three other victims.

Tamil Serial Actress Avanika Hot Navel Scene In Saree Priyamanal more. A Greensburg, Pa. Attorney, Susan Williams, has filed two lawsuits for seven total clients. Serbin said on Tuesday he expects the number of clients and lawsuits to grow. He has a number of clients that have alleged abuse and is in the process of investigating their claims.

FIJI Radio New Zealand Posted at 23:02 on 28 February, 2013 UTC Fiji police say they have questioned a Catholic priest who is suspected of having committed several rapes. A police spokesperson, Naina Ragigia, has told the Fiji Times that the priest is the prime suspect in a series of alleged rapes. She said a complaint was lodged last week and since then other victims have come forward. The Archbishop elect Father Peter Loy Chong says he is aware of the incident and has spoken to the priest concerned. MINNESOTA KSTP His name and his abuse had been hidden for decades. 'I was John Doe 76C,' the now-45 year-old recalled. Then Jim Keenan lifted the veil of anonymity and went public.

'It just felt empty. It was over,' Keenan thought. He was a 13 year-old Apple Valley alter boy when, he said, his parish priest abused him. The abuse continued for two years, Kennan alleges.

When Keenan was 38, he sued the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Diocese of Winona, which ultimately led to his name being revealed publicly. But last year, the Minnesota Supreme Court threw out the case, deciding the statute of limitations had long since expired. WISCONSIN Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests Posted by Steve Geier on February 28, 2013 Very sadly, today, Benedict XVI finished his time as Pope without ever once apologizing for his involvement in covering up the crimes of Fr. Lawrence Murphy, who sexually assaulted me and over 200 other students when we were youngsters at St. John’s boarding school for the deaf, operated by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

We pleaded with Benedict, when he was Cardinal Ratzinger and the head of the powerful head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Faith (CDF) to remove Murphy from the priesthood so he could harm no other children. The Pope had at his desk thousands of pages of direct criminal evidence and testimony that Murphy had destroyed and was likely destroying the lives of so many young deaf children. We wanted the Pope turn Murphy over to criminal authorities, and alert the deaf community and the public about this dangerous man. The Pope never doubted Murphy’s guilt.

Yet, he allowed him to remain in ministry in good standing as a priest, Murphy’s secrets kept safe by the church. As one final gesture, when Murphy died in 1997, we begged Cardinal Ratzinger and officials of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee to not allow Murphy to be buried as a priest.

That, we felt, was the least the church could do, given all the harm that Murphy had caused us. Instead, the Vatican and the Archdiocese of Milwaukee one more time ignored our pleas, and Murphy was buried in his full priestly vestments his today. Murphy’s grave stone today still identifies him as a priest. Murphy may have stolen our bodies, but it was Pope Benedict who stole our voice. VATICAN CITY Cardinal Roger Mahony Blogs LA It is now 8:01 PM on Thursday, February 28, 2013, and history has just been made: the Church has a Sede Vacante/Vacant See of Peter, but we still have a Pope Emeritus living. Bells pealed all over Rome continuously from about 4:55 PM to 5:15 PM, the window of time for the Pope's helicopter to depart the Vatican and fly to Castel Gondolfo in the mountains outside Rome.

It was Rome's final tribute to a Pope whom Catholics and the world came to admire and cherish. A Sede Vacante, but no Funeral Rites to be performed; no lying in state; no major Funeral Mass in St. Peter's Square.

So different than the last 600 years. Tomorrow morning, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Dean of the College of Cardinals will send a special letter to all the Cardinals of the world informing them officially that the See of Peter is now vacant, that no one is holding the Keys of Peter. Because of the advance notice by Pope Benedict, most of the Cardinals of the world are already here in Rome. Most likely our first gathering, or General Congregation, will be on Monday, March 4. Since the proceedings of those General Congregations are secret, except for official announcements, I will not be able to post new Blogs nor Tweet on the confidential issues and discussions. FIJI The Fiji Times Margaret Wise And Felix Chaudhary Friday, March 01, 2013 SCANDAL is threatening the Catholic Church in Fiji as police confirmed the questioning of a priest in connection to allegations of rape by multiple victims. It all began when a complaint of an alleged rape incident was lodged at a police station in the Western Division last Saturday.

Police said investigations established there were more than one victim and since then 'other victims have come forward'. 'I can confirm that a Catholic priest has been questioned and is the prime suspect in a series of alleged rape cases,' said Naina Ragigia, the west media police spokeswoman. Keys Bin For Psx Games On Ps here. 'After the initial report was received on Saturday and after investigations had begun, it was established that there were more than just one victim.

Other victims have come forward and investigations are continuing before charges are laid.' VATICAN CITY PolicyMic Kiki Van Son Benedict the XVI is officially no longer pope. While he cited poor health and a demanding schedule as the main reason, this hasn't stopped competing explanations from entering the fray. While allegations that the pope was involved in some sort of gay cover-up, or is even gay himself, many are overlooking a little-remembered incident that occurred last March, when suspicious financial activity surrounding the Vatican’s account No. 1365, opened in 2009 with JPMorgan Chase, caused the global bank’s branch in Milan to shut it down.

The account was operating as a sweep account, which facilitates an automatic flow of money at the end of each business day from cash accounts to investment accounts, where the money accrues higher interest. The account was primarily being swept to Vatican accounts in Germany. However, an estimated $1.5 billion had been processed in the short amount of time that the account had been opened, according to Italy’s leading financial newspaper II Sole 24 Ore. Speculation over money-laundering led JPMorgan Chase to question bankers at the Vatican who ultimately failed to provide an explanation. The Vatican has been under scrutiny for its lack of financial transparency since JPMorgan Chase’s decision to close the account, but no further comment has been made by either party.

UNITED STATES Christian Catholicism Jerry Slevin Within a few hour period, (1) the ex-Pope, Joseph Ratzinger, left all the Cardinals his “final” marching signals, (2) his oldest colleague, Hans Kung, gave his informative assessment and a final warning, and (3) a major human rights group filed a comprehensive report with the well regarded UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on the Vatican’s worldwide cover-up of priest rape of children supporting the Committee’s pending summons to the Vatican to account shortly. The Vatican is subject by international treaty to the Committee’s juridiction and has for over a decade failed to comply fully with its treaty oligations. Today’s final signals to Cardinals are set forth in Cardinal Mahony’s unexpected report accessible by clicking on at: [] Hans Kung’s brief and perceptive assessment of the current papal election situation is accessible by clicking on at: [].

BOSTON (MA) WCVB BOSTON —Local Catholics and victims of the church sex abuse scandal are speaking out Thursday, and some say Cardinal Sean O’Malley should be the next pope. Bernie McDaid, a clergy sex abuse victim from Peabody, was one of the few victims to meet with Pope Benedict XVI.

He believes the crisis played a huge role in the pope's decision. 'Change is here, folks, whether you like it or not. It's here,' McDaid said. Now, McDaid is looking past his differences with O'Malley, saying he understands the gravity of sexual abuse and has truly listened to the victims.

'Sean O'Malley should the next pope and very well could,' he said. He said unless the church hears the voices of victims, “I believe the church is doomed.'

There are many books on exorcisms and last rites prayer. Exorcisms have been exaggerated on the Hollywood screen as violent spectacles in which the possessed erupt with green vomit. In the real world, exorcisms are far more popular in South America, Europe and Africa than they are in the United States. But in an article in the November 12, 2010, issue of 'The New York Times,' author Laurie Goodstein states that more Catholic priests are coming forth to be trained as exorcists, and in becoming an exorcist, they are educated to differentiate between those who actually need an exorcism and those who need a good psychiatrist. If the topic of Catholic exorcisms and last rite prayers interests you, there are a number of books on these subjects that you may want to investigate.

These books will clear any misconceptions created by those famous “devilish” films. Exorcism Books From Firsthand Experiences Perhaps the best way to witness the activities of an exorcism via the pages of a book is to read one written by an exorcist who recalls his own experiences. In “An Exorcist Tells His Story,” Fr. Gabriel Amorth of Rome writes of his many experiences as an exorcist battling Satan.

Through his ministry, Amorth was able to relieve the suffering of many afflicted people caught in the devil’s grip. Firsthand accounts, especially those by known professionals or people with credit in their field, are trustworthy, reliable sources that aren’t compromised by secondhand information. Historical Books on Exorcisms If readers want a book about exorcism from a specific time period or one that examines the historical progression and cultural implications of the subject, then 'The Devil Within: Possession and Exorcism in the Christian West' by Brian Levack would be a good choice. Books written by trained historians provide in-depth, heavily researched texts with a bibliography of the author's sources.

As Levack is a Ph.D. Professor from the University of Texas at Austin and a known expert on witchcraft and demonic possession, his book stands as a reliable one. Levack’s book focuses on exorcism and possession during the Reformation period in Europe but also moves forward to touch upon the subject in our modern era. Exorcism Manuals Another type of exorcism book is a manual used by priests to perform exorcisms. Books like the 'Manual of Minor Exorcisms' by Bishop Julian Porteous contains various deliverances and healing prayers designed to be used in an exorcism by ordained clergy. These books are not intended to be used by members of the general public on a person who may be possessed.

But reading exorcism manuals provides keen insight into the tools of the trade that priests have when vanishing the devil from the possessed person. Last Rites Prayer Book Sometimes possessed people do not survive exorcisms. They may go into cardiac arrest or they might stop breathing.

When a priest feels that a person is near death, they will read the Last Rites prayer. A Catholic priest giving the Last Rites prayer may also give sacraments in which the dying person is administered penance, anointing and viaticum -- the Eucharist or symbolic body of Christ usually given in the form of a wafer. While sacraments are given, the prayer is read. 'Christian Prayer' from the social science publisher Hephaestus Books contains the Last Rites prayer, as well as the Lord’s Prayer and many others that may be used during an exorcism, or during other religious ceremonies.