Priests' Work Files May Become Public
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A judge indicated Tuesday he intends to make public the employment files of Roman Catholic priests accused of sexual abuse.
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VATICAN CITY, Dec. 15 -- Pope Benedict XVI's personal priest asked the pontiff on Friday to declare a day of fasting and penance to express the Roman Catholic Church's solidarity with the victims of clerical sex abuse.
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Pope John Paul II's deteriorating health has churchmen wondering what might happen if he can no longer carry out his papal duties and doctors questioning when that might happen.
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Prosecutors in overwhelmingly Catholic  Poland have asked priests to read out the names of  drink-drivers from the pulpit as part of efforts to reduce the  country's high road death rate.
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The Vatican opened part of its secret archives Monday to let historians review millions of diplomatic letters, private correspondence and other church documents to gain insight into how the Holy See dealt with the growing persecution of Jews before World War II.
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Church, academic and cultural experts will work together to gather documentation on religious and civil trials for witchcraft, heresy and other crimes against the faith during the Inquisition, the Vatican said Tuesday.
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The allegations of a single accuser could determine the fate of one of the highest-profile figures to go to trial in the Roman Catholic clergy sex abuse scandal.
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A document that surfaced recently in church archives has revived debate about a contentious post-World War II issue: the Vatican's attempt to keep hold of some Jewish children who were protected from the Nazis by Christian families.
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Cardinal Roger Mahony has been considered a voice for the dispossessed ever since he supported farmworkers' rights in the 1960s. But he draws sharp criticism from those who feel he protects the church at the expense of sexual abuse victims and others who disapprove of his fight to keep internal church documents secret.
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Controversial plan could force file swappers to face criminal charges.
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Lawyers for hundreds of alleged victims of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests estimate that their clients' claims could cost the Archdiocese of Los Angeles more than &#36;1.5 billion, the largest amount ever paid out by a diocese, according to court documents.
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A Roman Catholic priest from New York's borough of Queens pleaded guilty on Thursday to possessing more than 600 images of child pornography, the U.S. attorney's office said.
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle has released the names of three priests who have been permanently barred from ministry after allegations that they sexually abused children were found to be credible.
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Cardinal Norberto Rivera, Mexico's most senior Roman Catholic clergyman, will be questioned by lawyers and may have to appear in a U.S. court over accusations he protected a priest wanted for sexually abusing children, Rivera's spokesman said on Tuesday.
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A Catholic bishop is asked to explain his decision to keep a priest in his parish after a sex abuse allegation.
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Editor&#39;s note: This sidebar article was intended to run with yesterday&#39;s Monitor story previewing today&#39;s release of an Episcopal Church report.
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The leafletting outside St. Matthew Catholic Church started well on a recent Sunday, with some parishioners accepting the brochures about clergy abuse being handed out by people who said they were abused by priests.