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(Update: On March 20, Benedict's letter was read to Catholic Church congregations throughout Ireland and Europe. It rebuked the actions of the Irish hierarchy for "grave errors of judgment" but said nothing about the Vatican's responsibility in the scandal, which saw the alleged abuse of thousands of children...
His reluctance to speak out surprises and hurts many Catholics. "Many Catholics in Germany had hoped that the Pope would have expressed a word of personal sympathy for the victims of abuse," says Christian Weisner, spokesman for the well-known Catholic reform group We Are Church. Papal officials, however, defend...
Furthermore, Europe is criticized for being too preoccupied with itself. True, several years of public debate over the Lisbon Treaty might be interpreted as institutional navel-gazing. But have a broader look at the facts: over the last 15 years, the E.U. has taken on board 15 new members, doubling...
Bashy Quraishy, Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen As a European with Pakistani roots, your article both offended and angered me. When will U.S. journalists understand that Europeans in 1950 decided to cooperate instead of bash each other over the head? The result was peace, prosperity and progress. Europe has no...
Michael Rolfe, Birmingham, England Kishore Mahbubani writes that Asians expect Europeans to treat Asians with respect, not cultural condescension. Oddly, he castigates Europeans for taking a stand regarding human rights in Burma, China and India. Europe may not have a monopoly on open, representative and democratic government, but a cursory...