Word: doubted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...stand to explain what went wrong. Le Monde said Angers' police and judges were using "evasive justifications" about why they missed more than a year of warnings about child prostitution. And the town's local newspaper Le Courrier de l'Ouest said the police "with greater resources without doubt would have stopped the trafficking sooner." Meanwhile, the children remain deeply traumatized. After an intensive period of psychotherapy, 40 have been placed with foster families in western France, while five are living with their relatives. Social workers and psychiatrists keep a close watch on them. Many of the children still have...
...DOUBT BY JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY...
...convinced: "It's what a lot of Cardinals in there want to hear, but it's not the right message at this moment in the Church's history." Later, I was chatting with National Catholic Reporter's Vatican correspondent John Allen, who said "if there is any doubt that Ratzinger was campaigning for the job, this makes it clear he was not. That's not the homily of someone who wants to convince the undecided Cardinals." Still, Ratzinger path to the job was never to campaign, but to hold firm to his unwavering certainty about the truth of the Gospels...
...could see clearly that the escorted passenger was in fact Camillo Cardinal Ruini. This was not a dream. The powerful Italian Cardinal appeared to be alone, gazing out the car window in my direction. Having just concluded the morning General Congregation session at the Vatican, Ruini was no doubt heading to lunch. By the route he was taking, I guessed his destination might be the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, just down the hill, perhaps to meet with some of the 11 voting American cardinals. But a senior U.S. diplomat confirmed for me that there...
...caught up with him after the Pope's funeral, he smiled and shook my hand, but stayed mum. He has, however, been talking during the Cardinals' daily meetings, and Corriere reported today that he was listened to "intently" by his brother Cardinals. An American source of mine doesn't doubt that Martini is a respected voice. "They'll listen to what he has to say, especially among the Italians. But I doubt that they will take it into much consideration. He's no longer a real factor." Perhaps just as telling for how the race is shaping up were conversations...