http://informreligion.com/topic/georg-ratzinger2010-06-12T12:23:29Z2010-03-13T13:15:51ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-03-13:/roman-catholicism/vatican-fights-distance-pope-child-sex-scandals-872721a/

<div><p>The <a title="Vatican" href="/topic/Vatican" >Vatican</a> fought attempts to link <a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a> to child sex abuse in a counteroffensive on Saturday against widening paedophilia scandals.</p><p>"It is clearly evident that in the past few days there are some who have sought -- with a dogged focus on <a title="Regensburg" href="/topic/Regensburg" >Regensburg</a> and <a title="Munich" href="/topic/Munich" >Munich</a> -- e...

2010-03-13T09:16:03ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-03-13:/roman-catholicism/vatican-fights-distance-pope-abuse-scandals-872557a/

<div><p>The <a title="Vatican" href="/topic/Vatican" >Vatican</a> on Saturday fought attempts to link <a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a> to child sex abuse in a counteroffensive against the widening paedophilia scandals.</p><p>"It is clearly evident that in the past few days there are some who have sought -- with a dogged focus on <a title="Regensburg" href="/topic/Regensburg" >Regensburg</a> and <a title="Munich" href="/topic/Munich" >Munich</a> ...

2010-06-12T12:23:29ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-06-12:/roman-catholicism/pope-meets-german-bishop-abuse-scandal-871271a/

<div><p>The head of <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a>'s <a title="The Roman Catholic Church" href="/topic/The+Roman+Catholic+Church" >Roman Catholic Church</a> issued a new apology to victims of paedophile priests as he met the pope Friday and announced the creation of a watchdog to deal with the abuse issue.</p><p>"I want to repeat here in <a title="Rome (Italy)" href="/topic/Rome+(Italy)" >Rome</a> the apology that I made two weeks ago," <a title="Robert Zollitsch" href="/t...

2010-06-12T12:23:24ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-06-12:/roman-catholicism/popes-brother-slapped-pupils-choir-school-867244a/

<div><p><a title="Berlin (Germany)" href="/topic/Berlin+(Germany)" >BERLIN</a> (<a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a>) - The brother of <a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict</a> said in an interview on Tuesday he slapped pupils in the face at a German school where he led the choir, but had been unaware of the brutality of discipline there.</p><p>Rev. <a title="Georg Ratzinger" href="/topic/Georg+Ratzinger" >Georg Ratzinger...

2010-03-26T21:09:05ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-03-26:/photo/germany-church-abuse-2183318p/

<a title="Georg Ratzinger" href="/topic/Georg+Ratzinger" >Georg Ratzinger</a>, 86, brother of <a title="Pope Benedict XVI" href="/topic/Pope+Benedict+XVI" >Pope Benedict XVI</a>, walks in front of his dwelling house in <a title="Regensburg" href="/topic/Regensburg" >Regensburg</a>, southern <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a>, on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The pope's brother said in an newspaper interview published Tuesday that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took over...

2010-03-26T22:01:00ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-03-26:/photo/deu-missbrauch-2181225p/

ARCHIV - Papstbruder Georg Ratzinger, links, und Papst Benedikt XVI, rechts, fotografiert am 13. Sept. 2006 in <a title="Regensburg" href="/topic/Regensburg" >Regensburg</a>. Im Zuge der Missbrauchsvorwuerfe gegen kirchliche Einrichtungen hat nun auch Papstbruder Georg Ratzinger zugegeben, Zoeglinge geohrfeigt zu haben. Ausserdem habe er von den Pruegel-Praktiken in der Internatsvorschule der Regensburger Domspatzen gehoert, sei aber nicht eingeschritten. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher) --- FILE ...