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I’m posting this one as I feel this is an important clarification on some recent news media confusion:-

Damian Thompson – Telegraph

Catholic fury over The Times’s coverage of Pope Benedict XVI

There is international outrage in Catholic circles over a headline in The Times this morning that many people regard as utterly misleading and part of the newspaper’s reliably biased coverage (reinforced by vicious cartoons) of anything to do with Pope Benedict XVI.

The headline, over a story by Richard Owen, reads: “Pope knew priest was paedophile but allowed him to continue with ministry.” A universally admired Catholic journalist contacted me this morning and accused The Times of (and I am toning this down for legal reasons) an extremely serious error of judgment.

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Further Internet Links:

SCRUB ALERT: The Times reopens its bear-baiting pit

Guardian: Pope being set up over Munich sex abuse case, says Vatican – Benedict XVI’s spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi, suggests ‘tenacious’ plot to implicate pontiff in cover-up

Catholic News Agency: Vatican: Pope was ‘completely extraneous’ to Munich sex abuse decision

BBC – The Vatican has denounced attempts to link Pope Benedict XVI to a child abuse scandal in his native Germany. Spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said there had been “aggressive” efforts to involve the Pope, but added: “It’s clear that these attempts have failed.”

The hermeneutic of continuity – Disgraceful attack on the Holy Father in the Times

Auntie Joanna – Ignorant and prejudiced…

Catholic Register – Pope Benedict Transferred Paedophile? That’s the message that some in the media are rapidly trying to spin.

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