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Pope Creating New Vatican Office To 'Re-Evangelize' The West

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI is creating a new Vatican office to fight secularization and "re-evangelize" the West – a tacit acknowled...

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Majority Catholic Supreme Court Allows Vatican-Sex Abuse Case To Move Forward

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP)-- The Supreme Court won't stop a lawsuit that accuses the Vatican of conspiring with U.S. church officials to transfer a priest from c...

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Cardinal William Levada, Vatican Official, Left Abusive Priest In Pastor Job

AP | GILLIAN FLACCUS | Posted 05.25.2011

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The pope's hand-picked replacement to oversee abuse cases at the Vatican did nothing to restrict a California priest after learning in 1995 that the p...

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Pope May Apologize For Priest Abuse, Says Vatican

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI may issue a mea culpa for the church's handling of clerical sexual abuse cases when he attends a meeting of the...

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Deliver Us From Evil: A Letter to the Catholic Church

Amy Berg | Posted 05.25.2011

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I ask you, Pope Benedict, how can a self-confessed, convicted pedophile continue to work with children in the church?

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Abuse Victim Lawsuit Treats Vatican As Business

AP | DINESH RAMDE and ERIC GORSKI | Posted 05.25.2011

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MILWAUKEE — A lawsuit from the U.S. aims to place blame for priest sexual abuse at the highest levels of the Roman Catholic Church by claiming t...

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Walter Mixa, German Bishop, Offers To Resign Over Abuse

AP | MELISSA EDDY | Posted 05.25.2011

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BERLIN — A leading conservative Roman Catholic bishop in Germany has written to Pope Benedict XVI offering to resign amid persistent allegations...

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James Moriarty, Irish Bishop, Resigns Says He Didn't Report Abuse

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY — Heads are starting to roll in the Catholic Church's child abuse scandal. Weeks after Europe awoke to reports of clerical sex abu...

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Pope Promises 'Church Action' Over Sex Abuse Scandal

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI pledged Wednesday that the Catholic Church would take action to confront the clerical sex abuse scandal, his fi...

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Letter from the Vatican

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.25.2011

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We realize that this clarification of our stance on the issue of possible church abuse will affect many of you, both directly and indirectly. May we suggest some options to help you?

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New Springfield Bishop Thomas Paprocki Once Blamed Devil For Sex Abuse Lawsuits

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A Chicago bishop who once blamed the devil for sexual abuse lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Church and proposed shielding th...

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Jeffrey Lena, Lawyer For Pope, Talks About His Role

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY (Associated Press) — The Vatican has long let cardinals or its official spokesmen do its talking when scandal hits. But as the Vat...

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Bill Donohue Must Resign, For The Good of American Catholics

Alex Wilhelm | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill Donahue, president of the Catholic League, needs to be reined in before he completely destroys the reputation of the Catholic Church in the United States.

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Vatican Distances Itself From Cardinal's Claim Of Link Between Homosexuality And Pedophilia

AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Wednesday tried to defuse growing anger over remarks by the pope's top aide that the problem behind the pedophile ...

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Vatican damage control mode over abuse

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has gone into full-fledged damage control mode in the priest sex abuse scandal ahead of Pope Benedict XVI's first for...

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Pop Goes the Pope

Jim Watkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Finally, John Lennon can truly rest in peace. The Vatican has forgiven him, and his fellow Beatles, in what could well be the worst attempt ever to change the subject.

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European Priest Abuse Hotlines DELUGED With Calls

AP | MELISSA EDDY and VERONIKA OLEKSYN | Posted 05.25.2011

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VIENNA — Telephone hot lines in Europe offering help to people claiming abuse by Roman Catholic priests are being deluged with calls as the cris...

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Vatican Makes Peace With The Beatles, John Lennon's Jesus Comment

AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has finally made peace with the Beatles, saying their drug use, "dissolute" lives and even the claim that the band wa...

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Vatican To Bishops: Follow Law, Report Sex Abuse

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Monday responded to allegations it long concealed clerical sex abuse by making it clear for the first time that bi...

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Pope Begs Forgiveness Over Sex Abuse, Promises Action

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY — Addressing the clerical abuse scandal from the heart of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI begged forgiveness Friday fr...

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Pope Resignations Rare: After Several Centuries, Benedict XVI Unlikely To Break Tradition

AP | RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Only a few popes have resigned in the history of the Roman Catholic Church. Don't expect Pope Benedict XVI to join their ranks. The ...

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Vatican Denies Pope Covered Up Abuse

AP | GILLIAN FLACCUS and BROOKE DONALD | Posted 05.25.2011

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OAKLAND, Calif. — Even in his seminary days in the early 1970s, there were questions about California priest Stephen Kiesle: Colleagues said he ...

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Why Benedict Must Call for Vatican III

Kevin Armento | Posted 05.25.2011

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The final chapter of the Catholic Church's now quarter century-long quagmire will not arrive until the celibacy requirement for its priests is lifted.

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Catholic Church Abuse: European Crisis Lures Back Nightmares For U.S. Victims

AP | JAY LINDSAY | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOSTON — The clergy sex abuse stories surfacing around Europe stir a sickness in Kristen Merrill's stomach and lure back the sweat-covered night...

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Vatican Says World Ignores Christians In Mideast

AP | VICTOR L. SIMPSON and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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NICOSIA, Cyprus — The Vatican said Sunday that the international community is ignoring the plight of Christians in the Middle East, and that the Isr...

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