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In Milwaukee Post, Cardinal Authorized Paying Abusers
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York authorized payments of as much as $20,000 to sexually abusive priests as an incentive...
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Italian journalist defends Vatican leaks
An Italian journalist behind a leaks scandal shaking the Roman Catholic Church denies Vatican accusations he is a criminal...
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Vatican shows rare public anger over leak
Pope Benedict XVI travels with his butler Paolo Gabriele, center, who was arrested in connection with leaked papal documents. The...
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Unique Vatican court system tackles petty to serious crimes
From picked pockets to a 1998 double murder and suicide, the Vatican legal system has dealt with a vast array of crimes and...
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Vatican crisis highlights Pope Benedict’s failure to reform the Curia
When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict in 2005, epithets like “God’s Rottweiler” and “Panzerkardinal”...
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Broten defends Catholic school funding in wake of gay controversy
Ontario can look at “modern and innovative” ways to cut costs in parallel public and Catholic school systems without...
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Nuns’ fight with Vatican highlights Catholicism’s global struggle
The charges ranged from promoting “radical feminism” to espousing religious teachings out of step with the Catholic Church....
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For contraceptives, a Catholic exception?
Even before the Supreme Court has ruled on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — a.k.a....
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Decades later, a fallen soldier’s family still remembers
Communications Sgt. Carl Stadelbacher died April 16, 1945, 12 days after being liberated from a POW camp in Germany. Credit:...
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Catholic identity, Georgetown and Rome
St. Ignatius Loyola was clear from the beginning that a Jesuit education would involve more than texts and classrooms, teaching...



