VATICAN CITY — Four women have gone topless in St. Peter’s Square to protest the Vatican’s opposition to gay marriage.
Police quickly took the women away Sunday, and the pope appeared not to have been disturbed as he delivered his
Bourgeois receives official Vatican letter dismissing him from priesthood
By Joshua J. McElwee
Roy Bourgeois, the longtime peace activist and Catholic priest dismissed by the Vatican because of his support for women’s ordination, has received the official letter notifying him of the move three months after it was made.
Pope Brings English Church to Heel
By Richard Palmer
It’s hard to think of a more complete victory in the Vatican’s long-running battle with the English Catholic Church. To fully understand the magnitude of this victory, please bear with me while we go over some history
Swiss abbot makes fiery appeal for church reform
By Christa Pongratz-Lippitt
A fiery appeal for church reform by an influential Swiss abbot has attracted widespread attention throughout Europe, and has, moreover, been welcomed by the future president of the Swiss bishops’ conference.
Fifty-year-old Abbot Martin Werlen, leader of
Pope Benedict pardons former butler Paolo Gabriele
What A Guy! The truth of the matter is this is all about Vatican corruption. It has virtually nothing to do with charitable forgiveness. But it makes for a fabulous photo op, huh?
Pope Benedict XVI has pardoned his former
Pope attacks gay marriage…AGAIN!
File under “Doubling Down — In The Vain Hope That The Tide of History Will Turn Back The Clock.”
Benedict promoted traditional marriage in his annual ‘State of the Church’ speech at the Vatican and added posts lauding truth, faith
Theologian Hans Küng condemns pope’s modern ‘Inquisition’
The Vatican is reining in the progressive leadership of American nuns, raising the stakes over the future of a faith with one billion adherents worldwide. Described as a modern ‘Inquisition,’ this political test of wills is playing out on the
Vatican Police Stop Protesters Carrying Signs: ‘Gay Unions Don’t Harm Peace – Weapons Do’
A peaceful protest by pro-equality advocates at the Vatican against the Pope’s recent statements that same-sex marriage offends “human truth” and threatens peace and justice is disrupted by Vatican police. They removed the protesters and the signs, which read, “Gay … Continue reading
Why does Benedict XVI receive anti-gay politicians in audience?
Vatican disciplines Austrian dissident priest
File under … “Oh Snap!”
Apparently someone’s got his white cassock in a twist. The pettiness of these “holy” men is absolutely astounding.
By Philip Pullella
The Vatican has cracked down on a prominent Austrian Roman Catholic priest who has