When darkness falls in the sprawling tent cities filling Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas, the camps’ most vulnerable earthquake victims worry about a new disaster that threatens each night—rape by fellow tent dwellers.
Since the Jan. 12 earthquake, women and children as young as 2 years old have fallen victim to rapists seizing on the insecurity of acres of tarps and tents now home to as many as 1 million people. The insecurity is worsened for defenseless women and children living without husbands and fathers killed in the quake.
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A New Disaster Threatens Defenseless Women and Children in Haitian Tent Cities: Rape
Pope Apologizes for Catholic Church's Child Abuse Failures
Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday for the abuse of children by Irish priests in a pastoral letter to bishops in the Church of Ireland.
In the letter, read out in Sunday Mass, the pope said he shared the sense of dismay and betrayal felt by the Irish people over the abuse scandal.
He said the Catholic Church's handling of the abuse had been "inadequate" and that "mistakes" had been made.
Decline of ‘Churchianity’ Will Lead to Growth of Genuine Faith, Says Evangelist
In the latest edition of Charisma, the popular evangelist and author mulls over the shape of the church in Britain by 2020.
He predicts that the continuing decline in "Churchianity" will lead to “a void in which a genuine Christian faith will stand out clearly.”
In place of formal, traditional and institutional churches, J. John said megachurches would become the new "cathedrals" in all the major cities and that there would be a rise in small, fluid fellowships.
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