French Top Judge Faces Book Turmoil Over Private Life
A sensational memoir claims Roland Dumas, head of France's Constitutional Council, shared in a $12 million kickback and liaisons with Christine Deviers-Joncour. The book draws on past affairs, prompts questions about public figures' privacy and official virtue amid investigations and court actions.
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Vatican hosts historians to weigh apologies for Inquisition
About 30 historians from around the world gather in the Vatican to assess whether the pope should apologize for the Inquisition and how to express contrition. The event precedes John Paul II’s March 8, 2006 penitential procession in Rome as part of efforts to reconcile past church wrongs.
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