Mexican cardinal faces grilling on priest abuse
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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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The cardinal taking over the Vatican office in charge of priests says the issue of celibacy may one day be reviewed.
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Hundreds of priests in the Philadelphia Archdiocese were summoned by the cardinal Friday to hear from two adults who as children were molested by priests.
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Catholic leaders try to regain trust amid continuing lawsuits and financial challenges.
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Pope John Paul urged American  bishops Thursday to provide more guidance to Catholic priests  in the United States to prevent a repeat of the sexual abuse  scandal he said had "cast a shadow" on the Church.
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Members of a Roman Catholic parish are angry that a priest known to have indecently assaulted a boy was moved there.
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Mexican President Felipe Calderon accused the United States on Sunday of stepping up persecution and abuse of undocumented Mexican workers with a crackdown on illegal immigrants.
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A news report that a cardinal threatened doctors who performed an abortion with excommunication sparked controversy Wednesday and a denial from the prelate.
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Cardinal Norberto Rivera on Sunday urged a Mexican priest charged with raping and molesting children to turn himself in but denied accusations that he helped protect the fugitive.
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Mexican officials tried Wednesday to calm a growing furor over a government-distributed comic book guide for migrants that critics charge amounts to instructions on how to illegally cross into the United States.
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PUERTO IGUAZU, Argentina  - An elderly bishop's fight against allowing politicians to run for re-election has sparked the latest angry spat between Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and the country's influential Roman Catholic Church.
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The cardinals of two of the most   important Roman Catholic dioceses in North America were accused   in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday of allowing a priest wanted for   multiple sex abuse to flee California for Mexico.
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Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales yesterday urged Catholics to pray for the speedy recovery of Archbishop Emeritus of Manila Jaime Cardinal Sin, who suffered arrythmia or irregular
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A decree by Pope Benedict allowing priests to say the old Latin Mass more frequently has sparked criticism within both Catholic and Jewish ranks, with one Italian bishop saying he was "in mourning".
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SAO PAULO -- An influential Brazilian cardinal says the Roman Catholic Church should reconsider its ban on allowing priests to marry.
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A top Catholic archbishop expressed concerns about the direction of President Hugo Chavez's government but said he is not taking sides and hopes to smooth out relations that have been tense for years.
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Archbishop Jose Gomez complained Wednesday about plans for a rally by Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, an abortion rights supporter, at a Catholic university.