by Francis X. Rocca | Sep 16, 2010 | News
LONDON (RNS) A senior Vatican cardinal withdrew from Pope Benedict XVI’s trip to Britain, after comparing it to a “Third World country” and saying it was marked by a “new and aggressive atheism.” The Vatican announced on Wednesday (Sept. 15) that Cardinal Walter...
by Francis X. Rocca | Sep 14, 2010 | News
(RNS) After publishing a report on sex abuse of children by Roman Catholic priests, Belgian church leaders announced on Monday (Sept.13) they would establish a center of “recognition, reconciliation and healing” to punish abusers and protect victims. But victims’...
by Francis X. Rocca | Sep 13, 2010 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) A Belgian court ruled on Thursday (Sept. 9) that recent raids by police investigators on Roman Catholic Church offices were illegal, rendering the documents they obtained inadmissible in judicial proceedings. Among the disqualified evidence is...
by Francis X. Rocca | Sep 9, 2010 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican on Wednesday (Sept. 8) joined Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other high-level U.S. officials in denouncing a Florida pastor’s plans to burn the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. A statement from the...
by Francis X. Rocca | Sep 3, 2010 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI met with Israeli President Shimon Peres on Thursday (Sept. 2), and called for the conclusion of long-running talks over the Catholic Church’s legal and tax status in Israel. The two leaders met at Castel Gandolfo, the pope’s summer...
