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
Shamed Cardinal Keith O’Brien could be forced to give evidence in court over allegations that priest raped young boy
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS, now 33, claims he was raped and abused by a priest who has since died and O’Brien has been cited to appear in court.
SHAMED cardinal Keith O’Brien may be called to give evidence in court
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
We need to talk about priests
By Michael Kelly
The death by suicide of Belfast-based Fr Matt Wallace has stunned many people. He is the third Irish priest to take his own life in the last 18 months. People are understandably shocked by the particular circumstances
New book alleges indiscretions in the Philippine Church
A book launched on Friday is set to send shockwaves through the Philippines Church, with serious allegations about the behavior of bishops and clergy.
“Altar of Secrets: Sex, Politics, and Money in the Philippine Catholic Church,” describes an institution cloaked
The bishops’ big guns in Trenton
By Star-Ledger Editorial Board
What if, during his recent travels with a couple of Catholic youth groups, the Rev. Michael Fugee had a relapse and groped another child? There’s no evidence that happened, but it’s a legitimate concern. There’s a
Scandal fear led to sex abuse cover-up
Cardinal Pell apologises to inquiry for Catholic cover-up of child sex abuse and says church will pay compensation but not huge US sums.
By Genevieve Gannon
AUSTRALIA’S most senior Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, has admitted the fear of scandal led
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
Cardinal Dolan and America’s troubled Catholic Church
By Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo
Cardinal Dolan, president of the USCCB, says he needs an “attractive, articulate, intelligent” woman as his personal spokesperson, claiming that “the days of fat, balding Irish bishops are over.” He has chosen Kim Daniels, a long-time