abernethy: welcome. i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. the clergy sex abuse scandal continues to roil the catholic church. new claims of abuse emerged across europe and elsewhere, as did allegations that known abusers were transferred between parishes. the vatican responded by urging bishops to report all accusations to civil authorities when the law requires it, but also again lashed out against what it called bias in the news coverage. at the same time, a top vatican official drew criticism for linking pedophilia to homosexuality. pope benedict xvi alluded to the crisis in a homily thursday. he said now that we are under attack from the world, we realize that it s necessary to repent. the scandal will be the backdrop to benedict s weekend trip to malta, a predominantly catholic country, and next week, during observances of the fifth anversary of benedict s election and installation as pope. tariq ramadan, considered one of the most prominent scholars in t
abernethy: welcome. i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. the clergy sex abuse scandal continues to roil the catholic church. new claims of abuse emerged across europe and elsewhere, as did allegations that known abusers were transferred between parishes. the vatican responded by urging bishops to report all accusations to civil authorities when the law requires it, but also again lashed out against what it called bias in the news coverage. at the same time, a top vatican official drew criticism for linking pedophilia to homosexuality. pope benedict xvi alluded to the crisis in a homily thursday. he said now that we are under attack from the world, we realize that it s necessary to repent. the scandal will be the backdrop to benedict s weekend trip to malta, a predominantly catholic country, and next week, during observances of the fifth anversary of benedict s election and installation as pope. tariq ramadan, considered one of the most prominent scholars in t
by the end of sunday, more than 63,000 flights will have been canceled since april 15th and that out of 24,000 flights that normally operate on sunday, only some 4000 will fly. now, i just heard from the american red cross here in new york. representatives say they are currently working with the city s operation of emergency management and port authority to help the travelers out. so far the red cross has delivered 800 cots and blankets to jfk airport and we ll continue to bring you the latest. thanks for the update. one of those travelers stranded because of the ash cloud, his flight back from europe canceled and greg is currently in dubai and joins us on the phone. what is the latest from your vantage point, greg? a little add to the story, we were supposed to be flying back from dubai on em rate airlines, one of the airlines in this region and we are one of 170,000