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Archbishop installation revives conversation of clergy sexual abuse scandal
Women are a problem for the Catholic Church
— An institution with ingrained misogyny
Papal plámás is no substitute for an end to discrimination against women
By Soline Humbert
The Catholic Church is bedevilled by … Read the rest
What’s the message on the runway for Baroque fashions?
By Thomas F. O’Meara
When I was a boy, more than 50 years ago, ecclesiastical clothes were impressive. They were unusual and colorful, antique and sacral; they were distinctively Roman Catholic. The colored watered silk, the jeweled gloves, the red
Catholic League: Jewish Rabbis Even Greater Abusers Than Catholic Priests
COMMENTARY
Bill Donohue, the head of the pedophile priests supporting Catholic League, in an attempt to deflect attention from the regular, serious, and unresolved sexual transgressions, sexual assault, and child rape within the Catholic Church, today pointed the finger at
Philly Judge Again Finds Church Cardinal Competent
A retired Roman Catholic cardinal with dementia is competent and his recent deposition testimony can be used at an upcoming priest abuse trial, a judge ruled Monday.
A church official charged with child endangerment and accused of keeping pedophiles in
Corruption scandal shakes Vatican as internal letters leaked
Say it ain’t so! Vatican and scandal in the same sentence? Can’t be!
The Vatican was shaken by a corruption scandal on Thursday after an Italian television investigation said a former top official had been transferred against his will after
Maine Catholic Church versus gay rights advocates
Maine’s Catholic Church and a coalition of gay rights advocates are once again fighting an emotional battle over same sex marriage.
Supporters delivered signatures to the Secretary of State’s office in Augusta Thursday and officially launched a new campaign to
Lawyer: Church official threw monsignor ‘under the bus’ amid child sex accusations in Philly
An indicted Catholic church official is showing signs he won’t take the fall alone for the priest abuse scandal in Philadelphia, with his lawyer saying Wednesday that a successor threw him “under the bus.”
Monsignor William Lynn, 61, is the
Towson priest charged with indecent exposure
A Towson priest has been removed from duty at the Church of the Immaculate Conception after being arrested last week on indecent exposure charges.
According to a police report of the incident, Mark Stewart Bullock, 47, was at Bush River