Word: bernard
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...Roman Catholic Church this Eastertide--and so have the U.S. bishops who let the crimes fester. The crisis gathers steam day after day, with perhaps 2,000 priests accused of abuse across the country and hot lines jamming with more victims' calls. It is not just what Boston's Bernard Cardinal Law called "a tragic error" but a spiritual and financial body blow to church authority as well, demoralizing to every man who wears a Roman collar. Lives have been hurt, trust damaged and the credibility of the church to speak on social issues tainted...
Realistically, Rome will not address big reforms while the crisis is boiling. That is a reassuring tradition for the two American Cardinals most implicated in the scandals, Boston's Bernard Law and New York's Egan. But plenty of influential Catholics are suggesting that the U.S. church would benefit from penitential resignations at the top. Says an editorial in the upcoming issue of the national Roman Catholic weekly America: "If early on some bishops had been willing to claim full responsibility and resign, victims, parishes, the media and juries might have been less inclined to vent their anger...
...Boston the diocese admits the remnants of its insurance won't equal the settlements already negotiated, much less new ones. Bernard Cardinal Law, under fire for years of covering up parish priests' sexual misconduct, has vowed not to raid collection plates, bingo nights or the church's ambitious $300 million capital fund-raising effort. Instead he's leaning on wealthy donors to float a special $25 million sex-abuse fund, looking at well-to-do lay fraternities like the Knights of Columbus for loans, and itemizing the properties in the church's rich portfolio that he can sell. Topping...
Because the case is only slightly bigger than the PDA, the whole thing fits in a jacket pocket. The pitch: Why buy a regular protective case when--for less than $100--you can get one that will double as a keyboard? Says Bernard Gander, a Logitech vice president: "After this goes into production, we can print different designs on the cloth, perhaps even Gucci or Louis Vuitton versions...
...Middle East must focus on fixing its problems rather than blaming them on other countries, said historian Bernard Lewis yesterday night at the Kennedy School of Government’s ARCO Forum...