VATICAN CITY ? Pope Benedict XVI insisted on Saturday that all of society’s institutions and not just the Catholic church must be held to “exacting” standards in their response to sex abuse of children, and defended the church’s efforts to confront the problem. Benedict acknowledged in remarks to visiting U.S. bishops during an audience at the Vatican that pedophilia was… (more…)
TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) ? U.S. authorities arrested 22 people in Florida on Friday, including pharmacists and doctors, in a crackdown against prescription drug abuse that officials say is the nation’s fastest growing drug problem. The arrests in Orlando and Tampa were the latest steps in successive operations by federal and local authorities to shut down so-called “pill mill” pain clinics,… (more…)