Posts Tagged ‘Cardinal Vingt-Trois’

Pope condemns Paris attacks as barbarity, blasphemy

Tuesday, November 17th, 2015

Pope Francis has condemned any religious justification for the terrorist attacks in Paris last week as “blasphemy”. Speaking at his Sunday Angelus address at St Peter’s Square, the Pope expressed his pain at the violence and offered his condolences to France’s president and people. “Such barbarity leaves us bewildered and makes us ask ourselves how Read more

Cardinal: Blaming Catholics for sex abuse avoids the issue

Friday, March 15th, 2013

Putting the blame for child sex abuse on the Catholic Church is a way of avoiding the issue, French Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois has said. “We shouldn’t be duped. It’s easy because that prevents asking the question within society itself,” said Cardinal Vingt-Trois, the archbishlp of Paris. “Paedophilia is not solely a Church problem. Eighty per Read more