Kaitsekõned paavstile

Rahvusvahelises meedias juba mõnda aega kestnud katsed seostada paavst Benedictus XVI laste seksuaalse kuritarvitamise juhtumite varjamisega või tegevusetusega nende suhtes on näidatud olevat alusetud ja kantud pigem soovist diskrediteerida Kirikut kui soovist selgitada välja tõde. Viiteid mõningatele artiklitele:

• Phil Lawler, Catholicculture.org, 25.03: The Pope and the Murphy case: what the New York Times story didn't tell you
• Sean Murphy, Catholic Education Resource Center, 25.03: A Response to Christopher Hitchens' The Great Catholic Coverup
• Westminsteri peapiiskop Vincent Nichols, 26.03: Child abuse committed within the Catholic Church and its concealment is deeply shocking and totally unacceptable
• John Allen Jr., National Catholic Reporter, 26.03: Keeping the record straight on Benedict and the crisis
• Isa Raymond J. de Souza, National Review Online, 27.03: A Response to the New York Times
• New Yorgi peapiiskop Timothy Dolan, 28.03: Märkused jutlusel, To Whom Shall We Go?
• National Catholic Register, 28.03: ‘The Pope Must Resign’? Bishops Respond
  
• Isa Thomas T. Brundage, JCL, Catholic Anchor Online, 29.03: Setting the record straight in the case of abusive Milwaukee priest Father Lawrence Murphy
• George Weigel, First Things, 29.03: Scoundrel Time(s)
• James Tillman, Lifesitenews.com, 29.03: Accusations that Pope Complicit in Abuse Cover-Up Fall Flat
• Kardinal William Levada, Catholic San Francisco Online, 30.03 (26.03): The New York Times and Pope Benedict XVI: how it looks to an American in the Vatican
• Isa Joseph Fessio, S.J., Insight Scoop, 09.04: Let's Get the Story Straight: Defrocking and Divorce