File under: The pope was misunderstood only when I don’t agree with what everyone else heard.
By Mark Brown
Cardinal Francis George told me in an interview this week that he remains hopeful of blocking the legalization of same-sex marriage
“God Told Me To” -Ex Pope Benedict Says Mystical Experience Caused Resignation
File under — Who says there ain’t a God?
by Rebecca Savastio
Ex Pope Benedict says God told him to resign his position as Pope during a months-long “mystical experience” he had. When asked why he gave up his position,
Bishop apologises for abuse at Fort Augustus School
Here’s a tip: when your apology includes words like, “mistakes were made,” instead of “we apologize for raping your children,” your apology is no apology at all.
One of Scotland’s most senior clerics has apologised for decades of physical and
Glendora Catholic school dismisses gay Rancho Cucamonga teacher after publicized wedding
By Melissa Pinion-Whitt,
A Rancho Cucamonga man who taught 17 years at a Catholic high school was fired from his job days after he married his gay partner in a San Bernardino civil ceremony.
While school representatives declined comment on
Five Catholic religious orders release files on L.A. clergy abuse
By Victoria Kim and Harriet Ryan
Confidential personnel records from five Catholic religious orders were turned over to victims of sexual abuse Wednesday in the first wave of a court-ordered public disclosure expected to shed light on the role the
New sex abuse crisis in Scottish Catholic church
Priest claims he was abused by older cleric, and church is punishing him for speaking out
By Catherine Deveney
The Catholic church in Scotland faces a fresh sex-abuse crisis involving some of the country’s senior clerics. The Observer has seen
Pope’s bank clean-up man ‘found stuck in lift with rent boy’
As the man charged with cleaning out the stables at the scandal-struck Vatican bank, Monsignor Battista Ricca will need Machiavellian cunning, good fortune and a whiter-than-white record to have even a fighting chance.
But Pope Francis’s new banker appears to
U.N. rights body poses tough questions to Vatican over child abuse
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
Eleven Reasons Why I’m Leaving The Catholic Church
By Joseph Amodeo recently organized a vigil in front of New York City’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral, which led to the police threatening the arrest of anyone associated with the action. In this exclusive op-ed, Amodeo explains why he has
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