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New Interview Book With the Pope

Vatican

The Vatican has disclosed that during a series of meetings in July Pope Benedict XVI has granted interviews with the German journalist Peter Seewald. The Pope’s responses to questions about the state of the Church and his pontificate will form the basis for a book to be published before the end of this year. Seewald worked with the Pope on a similar project more than a decade ago. The journalist’s interviews with then-Cardinal Ratzinger became the book «Salt of the Earth», published in 1996. Seewald later disclosed that his conversations with Cardinal Ratzinger prompted him to return to the active practice of the Catholic faith.

Islam Is Not the Problem

Vatican

Upon arriving in Rome on August 29, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi said that “Islam should become the religion of all Europe.” In an interview with the Italian daily La Repubblica, Archbishop Sarah, the secretary of the Congregation for Evangelization stated that Islam is less threatening to the Christian heritage of Europe than the climate of “relativism, the lack of attention to faith, the weakness of religion, indifference to the sacred.” It is this climate of secularism, he said, that makes it possible for Islam to make inroads in Europe.”

New Sex Abuse Guidlines in Germany

Germany

The German Catholic Church will require all employees who work with young people to obtain police checks and undergo psychiatric tests when necessary, under new sex abuse guidelines published August 31. "The new guidelines which took effect Sept. 1, now extend to clerics, religious and other employees in the service of the Church," said Bishop Stephan Ackermann of Trier, the bishops' representative for sex abuse issues. "They depend on people actively serving the Church to follow the necessary procedures and offer help whenever possible."

Tumor Removed From Baby

China

Chinese baby Yuan Yuan was born with a tumor of the size of an apple. It grew on the top of his head. The mother of the baby says: “When I made the ecographies, doctors told that there was a growth on the head of my little one and advised me to make an abortion, but I didn’t think about this for a second…I was doing a crime!” After few months from birth, in the middle of august the miracle happened. A team of medics decided to risk and remove the tumor that was pushing on his head. After a surgery of more than 3 hours, doctors managed to remove the tumor, and after that they declared it had a weight of one kilo.