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Damian Thompson reports here<\/a> on how it was Benedict XVI as Cardinal Ratzinger who consistently and courageously rooted out the corruption in the Catholic church whenever possible. George Weigel puts the abuse crisis in perspective in a good article in Newsweek.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"