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How his personal faith and a talk with John Paul II helped former President George W. Bush arrive at his controversial decision on embryonic stem cell research
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John W. Kennedy
The Drudge Report is leaking some tidbits from Decision Points (due out Nov. 9), George W. Bush’s highly-anticipated memoir chronicling the most important decisions in his life. Faith, it seems, played a major role in helping him not only to make those decisions but to stand by them. With chapter titles that include Quitting (on…
Can the principles of Restorative Justice be applied to the Catholic Church child sex abuse scandal?
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John W. Kennedy
For most of the past week, this space has focused on What the Pope Knew, a CNN documentary that aired Saturday night on the subject of the Pope Benedict XVI’s role in handling allegations of child sexual abuse by priests that came to his attention while (as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) heading Congregation for the Doctrine…
CNN’S “What the Pope Knew” offers solid reporting on the Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandal
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John W. Kennedy
I’ve spent the last three sessions of this blog running an interview with CNN’s Gary Tuchman about his one-hour documentary entitled What the Pope Knew airing tonight at 8:00 PM ET. As the title suggests it deals with the child sex abuse scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church and, after watching an advance copy,…
The Vatican speaks to CNN about “What the Pope Knew” regarding sex abuse in the Catholic Church
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John W. Kennedy
Continuing my interview with CNN’s Gary Tuchman about this Saturday’s documentary on the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal (What the Pope Knew, Saturday @ 8:00 PM [ET]), I asked him if it was difficult obtaining interviews with both the victims and the Vatican itself. JWK: Were the victims eager to talk with you? TUCHMAN: Not…
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