POPE JOHN PAUL, reacting unusually swiftly to a sex and child pornography scandal that has rocked the Austrian Catholic Church, named a special investigator yesterday to probe the affair.

CATHOLIC leaders in Austria called an emergency meeting yesterday after officials discovered a vast cache of photos and videos allegedly depicting young priests having sex at a seminary.

Roman Catholic leaders in Austria called an emergency meeting today after officials discovered a vast cache of photos and videos allegedly depicting young priests having sex at a seminary.

The fire that killed 155 people trapped in an Austrian Alpine cable car last November started in the heating system, a news magazine reported today.