Italian Journalist Defends Vatican Leaks
* Vatican says journalist is a criminal * Nuzzi says he only did his job, defends leakers * Says there are 20 Vatican wh...
* Vatican says journalist is a criminal * Nuzzi says he only did his job, defends leakers * Says there are 20 Vatican wh...
Sarah O'Leary | Posted 04.27.2012
Why doesn't my Catholic Church get its own house in order first? Get the plank/log/boulder/semi truck/elephant out of its own eye before it tries to remove a speck from another's eye?
Paul Gorrell, Ph.D. | Posted 04.25.2012
This is not a new war for the Vatican. This is old time religion. The Catholic Church has been a repressive place for women for its entire history.
Jim Wallis | Posted 04.25.2012
Do most of us believe that the bishops are the only "authentic teachers of faith and morals?" The sisters may be the most positive face of the Catholic Church today, and they are keeping people in the Church who would have given up on the all-male hierarchy long ago.
Michele Somerville | Posted 04.16.2012
There's not a thing Joseph Ratzinger can do to stop Roman Catholic women from becoming Roman Catholic priests. Alleluia. Alleluia.
AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 03.10.2012
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican on Friday sought to explain its presence for the first time on a U.S. list of countries that are a potential hub for money...
AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 04.10.2012
ROME — A culture of silence across Asia may be keeping many victims of clergy sex abuse there from coming forward, a top Asian church official t...
Reuters | Posted 03.10.2012
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Pope Benedict said on Monday that gay marriage was one of several threats to the...
Posted 01.06.2012
The Pope celebrated the Mass for the Epiphany of our Lord, a feast of light, marking the end of the Vatican's Christmas celebrations. To see mo...
Michele Somerville | Posted 01.29.2012
The Vatican claims that a translation more faithful to the original Latin is needed. Is this the real reason for this disruption? I don't think so.
Todd Hartley | Posted 01.19.2012
I'm sure the ads were probably conceived by some high-priced agency, and I imagine they're considered very cutting-edge, but for the life of me I'm not sure what Benetton's point is.
AP | By JILL LAWLESS | Posted 12.25.2011
LONDON -- The Vatican has ordered an inquiry into decades of sexual abuse by clerics at a Benedictine abbey in London, whose former head monk has disa...
AP | VICTOR L. SIMPSON | Posted 11.24.2011
FREIBURG, Germany — Pope Benedict XVI called Saturday for a common front with Orthodox Christians to defend traditional church values, warning o...
Lev Raphael | Posted 10.26.2011
I used to put books aside especially for the summer, knowing I'd have more time and feel more relaxed, less stressed, more open to the long loving voyage with an accomplished author at the helm.
Posted 10.19.2011
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Christopher Brauchli | Posted 10.08.2011
Father Bourgeois is a priest who is a member of the Maryknoll religious order. In 2008 he participated in the ordination of a woman conducted by a group known as the Roman Catholic Womenpriests.
Michele Somerville | Posted 09.17.2011
The bishop of Brooklyn and Queens has countenanced electioneering from the pulpit. And it appears clear that he does not welcome gifts from Catholics who support same-sex marriage.
AP | Posted 09.16.2011
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican and Malaysia established diplomatic relations Monday in the wake of tensions between Muslims and religious minorities in t...
Michele Somerville | Posted 08.29.2011
On any given day, I am a proud New Yorker, but having long harbored equal marriage envy, I am pleased to be enjoying a novel sensation of "Empire State" pride in being a same-sex marriage state.
AP | TAMMY WEBBER | Posted 07.11.2011
CHICAGO — The Vatican was named Wednesday in a lawsuit that claims the Holy See ultimately was responsible for covering up child sexual abuse by...
Cathleen Falsani | Posted 06.07.2011
In its new Sunday night series, The Borgias, Showtime has found the magic combination for ultimate crowd appeal in a scintillating soap opera about a bad-boy pope.
AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 05.25.2011
VATICAN CITY — Newly released U.S. diplomatic cables indicate that the Vatican felt "offended" that Ireland failed to respect Holy See "sovereig...
Rose Marie Berger | Posted 05.25.2011
Retired Catholic Bishop Samuel RuÃz Garcia, known as the champion of the poor and indigenous in southern Mexico, died Jan. 24 of complications from diabetes. He was 86.
AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI told priests Saturday to do a better job counseling would-be spouses to ensure their marriages last and said no...
AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011
VATICAN CITY — Premier Silvio Berlusconi came under mounting criticism Friday from the Catholic Church over his dalliances with young women, wit...
Reuters | Posted 05.31.2012