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Richard Williamson, Catholic bishop whose denial of Holocaust embarrassed Pope Benedict XVI, dies
ROME (AP) — Richard Williamson, an ultra-traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal in 2009 when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him and other members of his breakaway society, has died. He was 84. Williamson suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in his...
International Criminal Court has Putin, Netanyahu in its sights, yet its courtrooms are empty
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — For a few hours last week, the International Criminal Court looked poised to take a Libyan warlord into custody. Instead, member state Italy sent the head of a notorious network of detention centers back home. That has left the court without a single...
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni says she is being investigated for repatriating a Libyan warlord
MILAN (AP) — Rome prosecutors have opened an investigation against Premier Giorgia Meloni and two government ministers for repatriating a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court in the Hague, the premier announced Tuesday. Meloni revealed the investigation over...
AP PHOTOS: The rail tracks of Auschwitz still cross the area as aging reminders of horror
OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — During World War II, men, women and children were transported from across Europe to Auschwitz-Birkenau, horrendous journeys in which they were packed into cramped cattle cars. They arrived onto an unloading platform, known as the ramp, where Nazi doctors...
Vatican says sanctions still in effect against Opus Dei cardinal following sex abuse allegations
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said Sunday that disciplinary sanctions are still in effect against the first-ever cardinal from Opus Dei following accusations of sexual abuse, confirming a series of restrictions against the once-powerful archbishop of Lima, Peru that included requiring him to...
