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1. Catholic League Pope Bill Donohue is truly "Angela's Arse"
   June 17, 10

   Posted by wolfhound at 7/20/2009 3:57 PM EDTEven among jaded New Yorkers, there are few people low enough to speak ill of the dead, much less shyte on their still-warm bodies.But when you're quite ill yourself, like stark-raving mad Catholic League (Membership: 1) President Bill Donohue, speaking ill comes very ...

2. Why is Pope Benedict like a Toyota?
   June 17, 10

   My friends:As everybody knows by now, Toyota and their sticky gas pedals has become an even stickier mess for the giant automaker.The company -- at first -- tried to manage their recall nightmare through the press, which, of course, was a complete ...

3. Pope accepts resignation of Irish bishop who covered up abuse
   April 22, 10

   Pope Benedict XVI today accepted the resignation Irish Bishop James Moriarty of Kildare, who admitted he failed to challenge the Irish church's policy of covering up the sel abuse of children by pedophile priests.

4. Pope lashes out at Irish Catholic Church child abusers
   February 08, 10

   Pope Benedict XVI has warned that the dangers of pedophilia still exist in the Church. He made the comments before he meets Irish bishops next week to discuss the scandals in Ireland that have resulted in four archbishops stepping ...

5. Pope summons Irish bishops to an emergency meeting in Rome
   January 20, 10

   Pope Benedict XVI has summoned Irish bishops to discuss the fallout of the Murphy report at an emergency meeting in Rome. The meeting will take place on February 15 and 16, and there will be "several senior Vatican officials in attendance."

6. Irish Catholic Church sex scandal tied to American abuse cases, group charges
   December 29, 09

   Victims of clergy sex abuse in the United States and a group that tracks pedophile priests are calling on American Roman Catholic leaders and the Irish government to publicly detail known connections between the clergy abuse scandals in the two countries.

7. Midnight Mass in Dublin: Two more bishops axed as protests rattle cathedral
   December 24, 09

   In what turned into a night of high drama at Midnight Mass in Dublin on Christmas Eve, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin announced that two more bishops will resign their positions because of the spreading pedophile scandal in the Irish Catholic Church.

8. Three more Irish Bishops expected to offer resignation over child sex abuse scandal
   December 24, 09

   Three more Bishops are under pressure to resign after Bishop James Moriarty offered his resignation to Pope Benedict on Wednesday. The three bishops in question were severely criticized in the Murphy report for taking no action against the pedophiles priests who took advantage of the most vulnerable in their congregation.

9. Irish Catholic Bishop Moriarty resigns to Pope Benedict
   December 23, 09

   Irish Catholic Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin Jim Moriarty resigned to the Pope today following revelations in the Murphy Report into child abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese published last month.

10. Irish government demands nationwide probe of child sex abuse in Catholic Church
    December 21, 09

    The Government plans to order a nationwide investigation into child sex abuse in the Irish Catholic Church. That decision that may lead to a direct confrontation with some Church authorities, who want any inquiries to be limited in scope. There is also speculation that Northern Ireland dioceses could be included — the first time this expanded scope has been raised.