" Ireland was the first in Europe to confront the church's worldwide custom of shielding pedophile priests from the law and public scandal. Now that legacy of suppressed childhood horror is being confronted in other parts of the Continent — nowhere more poignantly than in...
Chinedu Ehiem Dismissed by Vatican amid Gay Prostitution Sex ScandalChinedu Ehiem, a Nigerian ceremonial usher in Vatican, was dismissed after his name appeared in police wiretaps transcripts for an unrelated investigation. Chinedu Ehiem was in regular contact with Angelo...
Mother Mary Mackillop becomes Australia's First Saint Last year NowPublic's Maireid Sullivan reported that the Pope had recognized the second miracle performed by Mother Mary Mackillop opening the...
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After a daunting incident yesterday, Pope Benedict delivers a multi-lingual address urging tolerance. He urged the world to view the Church as a source of unity. He used 65 languages to say "Merry Christmas" to a global audience. (See VIDEO...
Gays and trans people will never enter heaven according to leading Catholic Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan. Cardinal Barragan, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Workers...
Representatives from Google, YouTube, Wikipedia and Facebook have gathered in Vatican City today, not for a sermon or liturgy, but to give Vatican officials a lecture on the use of Internet and new media. During a four-day conference which started today, Vatican officials...
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Even as the Pope finally decided to allow groups of disaffected Anglicans to enter into full communion with the Holy See while retaining their Anglican heritage and traditions, the head of Kenya's Anglican Church,...
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" The Roman Catholic Church has expressed "unease" and "mortification" over revelations surrounding the private life of Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi. In some of the strongest Church criticism to date, the newspaper...
" With his outrageous wit, clear disdain for figures of authority and openly homosexual lifestyle, Oscar Wilde is an unlikely pin-up for the Catholic Church. Persecuted and imprisoned for his sexuality, gay rights...
My friend Anna Limosan lived in a Catholic Convent from 1944 to 1965.What they did to her is so horrific that you will not believe me. She was raped, beaten every week with a burning hot metal pole, starved for weeks on end, oh my God the list of horrors for 21 years day in...
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So, is social networking played out when the Vatican launches its own social media site, or does this mean the the Pontiff is getting with the times? This is not a rhetorical question, since it really happened:...
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A Vatican spokesman has issued contradictory information about Pope Benedict XVI, stating that the pope was never involved in the Hitler Youth movement. This is in direct contrast to a series of interviews the Pope gave in 1996, that said he had been drafted into the Hitler...
In sustainable energy news, Pope Benedict XVI pursues Heavenly power with largest solar plant in Europe. The project will be situated on 740 acres near the Vatican City at an estimated cost of US$660 million....
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There was talk of a visit but it wasn't official unil today."Pope Benedict XVI has confirmed the first papal trip to the Holy Land since Pope John Paul II's visit in 2000. The pontiff will visit the sites of...
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"Vatican City Pope Benedict XVI meets an unusual guest during his weekly audience at the Vatican. The lion cub was presented to the pontiff in the Vatican’s Paul VI hall yesterday as part of a performance...
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