A leading dissident Austrian priest whose call to disobey some Roman Catholic teachings drew a rebuke from Pope Benedict last year urged Church leaders to throw off their secrecy and canvas churchgoers on who should lead them next.
Rev. Helmut
It’ll be a miracle if a new pope ushers in real change in a decaying Church
By Colette Browne
THE resignation of Pope Benedict has prompted much debate about his legacy but another question also arises — why do so many people in this country continue to care about an anachronistic institution that doesn’t want them
A Must Read…
Allow me to call you attention to another brilliant commentary posted over at Enlightened Catholicism:
Why I Doubt The Next Pope Will Come From Africa.
What kind of pope do Roman Catholics need?
By Cristina LH Traina
Selection of the next Pope will factor in a host of complicated variables as wings of the Church compete for ascendancy.
Pope Benedict XVI’s impending resignation has already fuelled all the usual speculation about candidates for
Pope Benedict in shock resignation
File under: There’s More To This Than Meets The Eye.
Pope Benedict XVI is to resign at the end of this month after nearly eight years as the head of the Catholic Church, saying he is too old to continue
Pope resignation: Full text
Pope Benedict XVI has announced his resignation. Here is the full text of his statement from the Vatican translated from the Latin:
Dear Brothers,
I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonisations, but also to
Experts: Top 5 picks for the next pope
Three expert Vatican watchers list some of their leading papabile – Italian for cardinals who might be elected as the next pope. In alphabetical order:
Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa, made headlines last year for a ripping attack on
Cardinal Mahony used cemetery money to pay sex abuse settlement
By Harriet Ryan
The Archdiocese of L.A. took $115 million from its cemeteries’ maintenance fund in 2007, nearly depleting it. The move seems legal, but it was not announced, and relatives of the dead were not told.
Pressed to come
Women priests set to ordain Roman Catholic from Toledo
New Polish film tackles homosexuality in Catholic Church
By Gareth Jones
Polish director Malgoska Szumowska tackles the controversial topic of homosexuality in the Roman Catholic priesthood in her film “In the Name of” that had its world premiere on Friday but she said her aim was not to