‘Victims of sexual abuse by a former California priest brought a letter to the Vatican on Monday asking Pope Benedict XVI to apologize to all victims of clergy abuse and dismiss any official involved in covering up the scandal.
The Rev. Thomas Doyle, a Dominican priest, lawyer and longtime advocate for sex abuse victims, briefly entered […]
‘Pope Benedict XVI on Friday recalled his predecessor’s final weeks of life, telling workers at the hospital where
Pope John Paul II was treated that his suffering was a lesson for all the world.
Benedict returned to the grounds of the Gemelli Polyclinic to inaugurate the academic year of the Sacred Heart Catholic University, of which the […]
‘Celibacy has been on the minds of Vatican representatives visiting John Olson and other Catholic seminarians.
During the abuse scandals, the late pontiff Pope John Paul II called for a review of how celibacy is taught in the 229 U.S. seminaries. That review is now under way.
But one of the leading experts on the lives of […]
‘Police stepped up security around the Vatican as Iraqi President Jalal Talabani paid a visit to Pope Benedict XVI, head of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church.
Thursday’s talks focused on church concerns over religious freedom and reconstruction in Iraq, a Vatican official said Thursday.
Police sealed garbage bins and towed away vehicles parked along the Via della […]
‘Latin has fallen into such disuse in the Roman Catholic Church that many of the church fathers no longer understand the language. Now members of the College of Cardinals have asked Pope Benedict XVI to make Latin the “universal language” by using it at international events.’
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‘A light blue 1975 Ford Escort GL once owned by Pope John Paul II sold for $690,000 Saturday to a Houston multimillionaire who said he plans to put it in a museum he wants to build in his hometown.
“To me, it’s a piece of history,” said John O’Quinn, 62, a Baptist who said he has […]