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Within the past few weeks, reports of abuse have been proliferating across Europe - in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria and Poland, the home of Benedict's beloved predecessor. To Gibson, it is especially damaging to the Vatican that allegations are "coming out now in Bavaria and Austria, in the bastion of Old World Catholicism." (See pictures of spiritual healing around the world...
...more immediate question is whether Benedict can resist pressure to directly address the abuse scandals. Gibson, his biographer, says that's just not in the Pope's character: "He's not the type who opens up for self-reflection, hashing out the past and past mistakes." At best, he says, there will be an oblique reference to the Europe-wide uproar in the pastoral letter to the Irish. (See people finding God on YouTube...
...audience to the head of Germany's Catholic Church, Archbishop Robert Zollitsch. Afterward, Zollitsch said church leaders in Germany would conduct a review of current guidelines on priests suspected of abuse and appoint a special representative to look into claims. The aim, Zollitsch said, apologizing to victims in the past, was to "uncover the truth" of priestly behavior. The Pope remained silent...
...takes time for so many countries with so much history - and past conflict - to be able to speak with one foreign policy voice. Perhaps they never will. But one thing is certain: Europeans have learned that to live together peacefully, many points of view need to co-exist. That may be interpreted as presenting a less-than-robust political presence on the world's stage, but, in my opinion, it shows the richness that makes up the European identity, which is plainly prominent on the world stage...
...America's largest textbook buyers, the Longhorn State has a good deal of sway over what is peddled to schools nationwide. And while Napoléon may have maintained that "history is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon," getting Texans to come together on the past may prove to be their Waterloo...