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When Benedict Meets With Victims

Michael Sean Winters  |  Sep. 17, 2010 Distinctly Catholic

It is not yet clear if Pope Benedict XVI will meet with victims of clergy sex abuse during his visit to the UK. But, at the USCCB media blog, Sister Mary Ann Walsh has an excerpt [1]from a forthcoming book on the Pope that she edited, that recounts what happened when Benedict met with the victims of clergy sex abuse during his 2008 visit to the U.S.

Stories in this series on the papal visit to Scotland and England:

  • Hijacking or setting him free, Benedict loves Newman [2], by John L. Allen, Jr.

  • Benedict finds unlikely ally in British PM [3], by John L. Allen, Jr.

  • Polarized opinion on pope fills London streets [4], by John L. Allen, Jr.

  • Trying to solve the church's communications problem [5], by John L. Allen, Jr.

  • Pope meets with sex abuse victims [6], by John L. Allen, Jr.

  • Analysis: Benedict's in a box in talking about the crisis [7], by John L. Allen, Jr.

  • Pope apologizes for 'unspeakable crimes' of sex abuse [8], by John L. Allen, Jr.

  • Joint statement on meeting between Pope and Archbishop of Canterbury [9]

  • Benedict in Britain: We get it, we've got it, let's share it [10], by John L. Allen, Jr.

  • Pope calls on religions to defend environment, human life [11], by John L. Allen, Jr.

  • Full text of pope's comments on the crisis [12], by John L. Allen, Jr.

  • Of all people, Cardinal Kasper? [13], by John L. Allen, Jr.

  • Benedict battles the 'dictatorship of relativism' [14], by John L. Allen, Jr.

  • Pope on crisis: 'We weren't fast enough' [15], by John L. Allen, Jr.

  • Benedict to step into buzz saw of dissent during upcoming UK visit [16], by John L. Allen, Jr.

  • Newman still commands our attention [17], an NCR editorial

  • He even prayed 'with a pen in his hand' [18], a book review by Peter L’Estrange

  • Hijacking Newman [19], by Dennis Coday

  • Newman: the 'sense' and 'consent' of the faithful [20], a viewpoint by Robert McClory

All this week in his Distinctly Catholic blog, Michael Sean Winters is interviewing a variety of Newman scholars:

  • Fr. Joseph Komonchak, taught ecclesiology at Catholic University, wrote his dissertation on Newman [21]

  • Christopher Pramuk, Assistant professor of Theology at Xavier University in Cincinnati [22]

  • Ian Ker, Professor at Oxford University and author of a Newman biography [23]

  • The Very Reverend Richard Duffield, the Provost of the Birmingham Oratory [24]

  • Archbishop Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster and Primate of England [25]

Related items in Distinctly Catholic:


  • When Benedict Meets With Victims [26]

  • Letters between Newman and the Rev. Charles Kingsley [27]

  • James Roberts, assistant editor of the British Catholic weekly The Tablet [28]

  • Christopher Lamb, news editor of the British Catholic weekly The Tablet [29]

  • Elena Curti, the deputy editor of the British Catholic weekly The Tablet [30]

  • Catherine Pepinster, editor of the British Catholic weekly The Tablet [31]


Source URL (retrieved on 05/19/2013 - 15:31): http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/when-benedict-meets-victims

Links:
[1] http://usccbmedia.blogspot.com/2010/09/benedict-xvi-and-meeting-with.html
[2] http://ncronline.org/node/20317
[3] http://ncronline.org/node/20316
[4] http://ncronline.org/node/20315
[5] http://ncronline.org/node/20314
[6] http://ncronline.org/node/20313
[7] http://ncronline.org/node/20309
[8] http://ncronline.org/node/20308
[9] http://ncronline.org/node/20303
[10] http://ncronline.org/node/20306
[11] http://ncronline.org/node/20293
[12] http://ncronline.org/node/20281
[13] http://ncronline.org/node/20276
[14] http://ncronline.org/node/20274
[15] http://ncronline.org/node/20268
[16] http://ncronline.org/node/20207
[17] http://ncronline.org/node/20254
[18] http://ncronline.org/node/20211
[19] http://ncronline.org/node/20240
[20] http://ncronline.org/node/20265
[21] http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/q-father-komonchak
[22] http://ncronline.org/node/20277
[23] http://ncronline.org/node/20241
[24] http://ncronline.org/node/20220
[25] http://ncronline.org/node/20181
[26] http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/when-benedict-meets-victims
[27] http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/blast-past-newman
[28] http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/q-james-roberts
[29] http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/q-christopher-lamb
[30] http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/q-elena-curti
[31] http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/q-catherine-pepinster