Shutting Down the Vatican…Website
Anonymous claims responsiblity for site blackout.
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Papal Profanity: The Vatican’s Pagan Museum
When the last non-Italian pope until John Paul II, a Dutch pope (Adrian VI), came to Rome for the first time. The cardinals proudly gave him a tour of the Belvedere. He was shocked and outraged, informing them (in Latin no less) that “these are nothing but pagan idols!” He threatened to sell off the whole collection, and in the interim built cabinets for them, locked the doors, and kept the key to himself.
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Catholic Priests, Celibacy, and the Marriage Loophole
The creation of the Ordinariate is about sex, and resoundingly so. It affirms, not questions or challenges, the Catholic teaching on priestly celibacy and procreative marital sexuality.
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Greek Abbot Arrested for Role in Financial Scandal
In a relatively unprecedented move, Greek police arrested the Rector of the thousand-year-old Vathipedi Monastery, Father Ephraim, on Christmas Eve. He had just returned to the Monastery, which is located on the most sacred ground in all of Orthodox Christendom, which we have now discovered to be the only semi-autonomous region of Mount Athos.
Read MoreBishop Finn-dicted For Protecting Pedophile Priest
A Kansas City Bishop and his Diocese were indicted for failure to report an egregious case of child abuse. Still?
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Irish PM Scathing Denunciation of Vatican
Vatican pulls its ambassador.
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Too Late for Apologies: Three Steps the U.S. Bishops Should Take to Prevent Another Sexual Abuse Scandal
This week’s U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops summer meeting in Seattle will be dominated by the ongoing sexual abuse scandal. At this point apologies aren’t sufficient—it’s time for action.
Read MoreThe Symbol is Dead, Let the Symbolized Die Too
Final thoughts on the killing of bin Laden.
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Our Lady of Good Hope and Excellent Behavior: Why this Apparition and Why Now?
At a moment when the pope is cracking down on apparitions and limiting Marian devotion why this apparition, and not other literally countless reports that pop up in the news every year?
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First U.S. Visit of the Virgin Mary Confirmed in Wisconsin
About twenty miles outside of Green Bay and over a mile from even the smallest town, a tiny sign at a remote intersection points visitors toward Chapel Drive, site of the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, site of the only approved site of a Marian apparition in the U.S.
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