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Nuns Speak Out On Vatican Reprimand

AP | Rachel Zoll | Posted 06.01.2012

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NEW YORK — The largest umbrella group for U.S. nuns said Friday that the church-ordered overhaul of their organization is based on unsubstantiated c...

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Pope And Top Aide Display Unity Amid Scandal

Reuters | Posted 06.02.2012

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* Pope arrives in Milan midst of worst crisis of reign * Powerful right-hand man at centre of scandal stands by his side ...

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The Vatican's Long History Of Intrigue And Controversy

Reuters | Posted 06.02.2012

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* Pope Benedict says media accounts of scandal inaccurate * Leaked documents and intrusions on papal privacy not new * M...

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Priest On Nun Crackdown: 'Vatican Is Hypocritical And Duplicitous'

Posted 06.01.2012

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The Vatican orthodoxy watch dog group known as the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith announced in April its intention to overhaul the largest...

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Cardinal Dolan's Blackmail For Jesus: The Empire Strikes Back

Michele Somerville | Posted 05.31.2012

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Michele Somerville

If Timothy Dolan is to be believed, he's ready to sacrifice the poor -- many of whom are elderly, juvenile, disabled and infirm -- in Christ's name, for the greater good of wining the war against contraception.

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Pope Breaks Silence Over Vatileaks Scandal

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.30.2012

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI broke his silence Wednesday over the leaked documents scandal that has convulsed the Vatican, saying he was saddene...

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Vatican Says Leaks Scandal Is Brutal Attack On Pope

Reuters | Posted 05.30.2012

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* Cardinals look for accomplices of butler, held in "safe room" * Vatican's number three says book of leaks is "criminal" act ...

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Vatican: Vatican't! (Newsflash to Rome From Joan of Arc)

Carol Muske-Dukes | Posted 05.28.2012

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Carol Muske-Dukes

Would Joan of Arc have fought for the current Catholic crowd in Rome? How would they have "contained" her -- just as they seek to "contain" the good nuns? Would she have died for the Vatican Boys Club? Or would she have raised the banner of the Sisters?

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Pope's Butler Vows To Help Vatican Scandal Probe

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.29.2012

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VATICAN CITY — The biggest scandal to rock the Vatican in decades widened Monday with the pope's butler, arrested for allegedly having confident...

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Vatican Denies Any Cardinal A Suspect In Leaks Scandal

Reuters | Posted 05.29.2012

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VATICAN CITY, May 28 (Reuters) - The Vatican on Monday denied Italian press reports that a cardinal was among those being investigated in a scandal ...

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Vatican In Chaos After Pope's Butler Arrested For Leaks

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.28.2012

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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican's investigation into the source of leaked documents has yielded its first target with the arrest of the pope's butler...

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Who Is Responsible for Secrecy in the Legionaries of Christ?

Father Alberto Cutie | Posted 05.26.2012

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Father Alberto Cutie

For years there have been many people in authority above him who were repeatedly made aware of the struggles and difficulties surrounding the abusive behavior of the founder and other dysfunctions in the Legionaries

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Pope's Butler Arrested In Embarrassing Scandal

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.29.2012

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican's investigation into the source of leaked documents has yielded its first target with the arrest of the pope's butle...

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Vatican Arrests Suspect In Secret Document Leak Case

AP | Posted 05.26.2012

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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican said Friday that it has arrested someone for illegally holding secret documents as it tries to get to the bottom of a...

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Vatican Detains Person With Documents In 'Vatileaks' Scandal

Reuters | Posted 05.26.2012

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VATICAN CITY, May 25 (Reuters) - The Vatican, which has been embroiled for months in a scandal involving the leak of secret papers, said on Friday i...

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Vatican Bank Chief Ousted After No-Confidence Vote

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.24.2012

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VATICAN CITY — The president of the Vatican bank has effectively been ousted after receiving a unanimous vote of no-confidence from bank oversee...

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The Vatican Lays A Cunning Trap For American Nuns

Mary C. Johnson | Posted 05.23.2012

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Mary C. Johnson

At the end of this month, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious will meet to formulate a response to a Vatican trap whose cunning is best appreciated within the long tradition of religious authorities who craft impossible dilemmas for those they perceive as threats.

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Scandalized Vatican Calls New Book 'Criminal'

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.19.2012

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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has denounced as "criminal" a new book of leaked internal documents that shed light on power struggles inside the Hol...

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Vatican Says Unity With Traditionalists Needs 'Further Discussions'

Posted 05.17.2012

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By Alessandro Speciale Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican's doctrinal office said "further discussions" will be needed with the ...

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United States Catholics: A Church Divided

Michele Somerville | Posted 05.17.2012

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Michele Somerville

So rogue are most Roman Catholics when it comes to papal teaching, that Catholic dissidence often seems the norm.

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Vatican Mystery Case: Bones Found In Exhumed Mobster's Grave

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.14.2012

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ROME — Forensic police swarmed the crypt of a Roman basilica on Monday to exhume the body of a reputed mobster as part of an investigation into ...

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Exhumation In Bizarre Old Vatican Kidnap Case

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.15.2012

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ROME -- Coroners and medical technicians swarmed the crypt of a Roman basilica on Monday to exhume the body of a reputed mobster as part of an investi...

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Vatican Investigates Legion Priests For Sex Abuse Allegations

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.11.2012

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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is investigating seven priests from the troubled Legion of Christ religious order for alleged sexual abuse of minors ...

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Dear Cardinal Dolan: Is The Pope Catholic?

Carol DeChant | Posted 05.08.2012

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Carol DeChant

Does the Pope really want to force American Catholics to choose between standing with our nuns or with a male hierarchy interrogating them for nebulous infractions, with a stated agenda of keeping their findings secret?

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New Swiss Guards Swear To Give Up Lives To Protect Pope

AP | Posted 05.07.2012

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VATICAN CITY -- Twenty-six Swiss men have joined the oldest standing army in the world, swearing to give up their lives to protect the pope as the Vat...

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