By Robert Evans
A United Nations human rights panel has posed a list of tough questions to the Vatican about child abuse by Catholic priests, a potential embarrassment for Pope Francis a few months into his papacy.
The U.N. Committee
Protests mount over fast track for John Paul’s beatification
Sex abuse controversy refuses to go away as Catholics prepare for ceremony in Rome
By Tom Kington
A growing lobby of churchmen and religious experts are challenging the speed with which the Vatican is propelling Pope John Paul II
After Second Approved Miracle, Pope John Paul II Likely to Become a Saint
The best part of this news is: if this man can make it to heaven, no one else has anything to worry about.
by Barbie Latza Nadeau
On May 1, 2011, the late pope John Paul II was beatified
Senior Vatican cleric arrested in money smuggling case
File under: Sex (particularly gay sex) is sinful. Money laundering and corruption, not so much. Gay mafia in Vatican = BAD! Regular mafia in Vatican = business as usual.
By Philip Pullella
A senior Catholic cleric with connections to
Vatican faces ‘revenge’ rent-boy scandal
BY: JAMES BONE
THE Vatican is bracing itself for a rent boy scandal after a convicted pedophile priest apparently sought vengeance by informing on other child abusers in the Roman clergy.
Don Patrizio Poggi, who served a five-year sentence for
The Brilliant Charles Pierce: FOOLING ALL OF THE PAPAL
File under: I couldn’t have said it better myself…
By Charles P. Pierce
Well, it seems the kitty came leaping out of the burlap around the Chair Of Peter.
Pope Francis has admitted the existence of a “gay lobby” inside
Theology Has Consequences: What Policies Will Pope Francis Champion?
By Mary E. Hunt
Now that the smoke has cleared from St. Peter’s Square, the future of the Roman Catholic Church is on the minds of many. Catholics are eternally hopeful, so the news of the papal election of an
Cardinal Keith O’Brien still a danger, say abuse accusers
Complaints of Vatican whitewash as O’Brien leaves Scotland for penance in exile
by Catherine Deveney
The four men whose accusations of sexual misconduct led to the dramatic resignation of Britain’s leading Catholic cleric as archbishop have attacked a Vatican announcement
Inconsistent messages damage credibility of the new evangelization
By Isabella R. Moyer
“Inconsistency on the part of pastors and the faithful between what they say and what they do, between word and manner of life, is undermining the Church’s credibility,” Pope Francis stated Sunday during his first papal
The Vatican Is Into Lesbian And BDSM Porn, According To Download History
File under: Who Knew?
by Jonathan Higbee
Surprisingly, Bel Ami films were not included on a list of torrent downloads occurring within The Vatican. Instead, lesbian porn starring Tiffany Starr and Sheena Shaw, and a few BDSM titles worked their