Catholic Online: Briefs
WASHINGTON, D.C. Apology demanded The state's congressional delegation yesterday demanded an apology from U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Penn., for linking clergy sexual abuse of children to Boston "liberalism."Three years ago on the Web site Catholic Online, Santorum wrote, "While it is no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism (is) at the center of the...
Catholic Online: Catholics go online
A NEW independent Catholic online journal has been launched. The weekly journal will explore contemporary issues concerning Catholics.It is being edited by former ABC producer Kate Mannix.The website can be found at www.onlinecatholics.com.au...
Catholic Online: Catholic Web sites hit with logjams
By B. POOLE bpoole@tucsoncitizen.com In this day of instant information, the Internet is alive with pope pages, but don't get your hopes up.Many of the sites were slammed yesterday with a barrage of browser hits and were running slowly or were unavailable.The Vatican's official Web site has a page dedicated to the pontiff, but it was unavailable yesterday afternoon, presumably because of a flood of hits from around the globe.The pope page at...
CATHOLIC ONLINE LENTEN PAGES
Informative, though a bit stilted; not many people use "Septuagesima" in everyday conversation. But the site pretty well explains Lent, which began this week with Ash Wednesday. Separate hyperlinks point to information on gospel readings, Holy Week, Stations of the Cross and the season's history, keeping each individual file down to about a page long.A bonus: A backlink leads to Catholic Online, with a wealth of links to news, pictures, devotional...
Catholic Online: Remarks anger sex abuse victims // Senator blamed liberalism for scandal
Patricia Anne Cahill was 5 when a priest near her Ridgewood, N.J., home began molesting her. The sexual abuse continued until she was 13. "The nun that I went to for help and guidance when I was 15, she took me under her wing and into her bed," Cahill said. "Nobody stopped her then and nobody takes any responsibility in the communities and congregations," Cahill said. Now 52, and the co-leader of an abuse...