D Wednesday, December 9, 2009 METRO Switch from another network to a Perfect Choice 200 12-month contract before 6 Jan 2010. Inclusive minutes/texts can be made on any Irish network but cannot be carried over. Unlimited offer applies to Vodafone Ireland to Vodafone Ireland mobile calls/texts only and is subject to fair usage. Excludes roaming. See vodafone.ie for terms and conditions. Move to Vodafone for unlimited Vodafone calls and texts Also get 400 minutes & 400 texts to any network for only 49.99 per month Call in store or see vodafone.ie An actress performs during the Myths and Legends Festival 2009, in Medellin, Antioquia Department, Colombia Picture: AFP lets put our heads together! us pay $3.4bn to settle Indian suit THE US government has said it will pay $3.4billion (2.3billion) to settle a lawsuit against the interior department for mismanaging the revenue in Native American trust funds. Some 300,000 American Indians were part of the class action lawsuit against the department which manages monies generated from mining, oil and gas and agriculture on lands belonging to individuals and tribes. THE Muppets are hoping to challenge the X Factor winner for the Christmas No.1 after their rendition of Queen hit Bohemian Rhapsody was viewed more than 9million times on YouTube. However, the winner of the TV singing competition who will be crowned this weekend is still the overwhelming favourite to take the prized slot for the fifth year running. Muppets v X Factor for Christmas No.1 Our shame at Murphy Report THE Vatican was ashamed by the findings of an inquiry into clerical sex abuse in Dublin, the Popes Ambassador to Ireland said yesterday. Papal Nuncio Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza expressed his shock and dismay at the Murphy Report into paedophile priests and church cover-ups in the Archdiocese. We feel ashamed about what happened, I feel really I must express again my shock, my dismay, he said. The Catholic Church was criticised after the inquiry revealed the Vatican refused to deal directly with investigators, suggesting they should use diplomatic channels. oConnor: pope must quit in wake of abuse inquiryBY ROSS McDONAGH Rage: OConnor rips up a picture of the Pope in 1992 SINGER Sinad OConnor has called for the Pope to resign and the Govern- ment to expel the papal nuncio, Arch- bishop Giuseppe Leanza, in the wake of the clerical child abuse report. In a letter to Metro, the controversial singer also called for the ambassador to the Vatican City to be recalled. On behalf of all Irish artists though most have kept their mouth shut I de- mand the Irish Government expel the Papal Nuncio and recall the Irish ambas- sador from Vatican City in order to re- spect the people of Ireland who are out- raged by the contempt displayed by the Vatican for the suffering endured by sur- vivors of clerical abuse and for the peo- ple of Ireland in general, she wrote. Ms OConnor, who is no stranger to comments on the Church, most notably when she tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II on a Saturday Night Live show in 1992, denouncing him as evil, and who was ordained as a priest by Bishop Michael Cox of the Independent Catho- lic group, also called for the Pope to re- sign. I demand that the Pope stand down for his contemptible silence and his acts of non-cooperation with the enquiry. OConnor pointed out that popes have had no problem voicing their opinions when Ireland wanted contracep- tion or divorce, attacking the Da Vinci Code and declaring Harry Potter books as evil. Yet when it comes to the evils done by paedophiles dressed as priests they are silent. They stand for nothing now but evil. They have brought Catholicism and the idea of God into disrepute. We need to take back the Church. They are not fit to call themselves representatives of Christ. Every one of them will have to meet their maker in the end. And if I were them I would be very afraid. OConnor, who turned 43 yesterday, also demanded that Taoiseach Brian Cowen step down for his having no tes- ticles in the matter. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html