NICOLE WINFIELD / The Associated PressFeb 24, 2019
The pontiff is faulted for not offering a concrete plan to hold bishops accountable when they fail to protect their flocks from predators. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
NICOLE WINFIELD and ANGELA CHARLTON / The Associated PressFeb 17, 2019
Author Frederic Martel details a gay subculture at the Holy See and says Catholic bishops and cardinals are leading double lives. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigJun 26, 2015
The Vatican now joins major international entities such as the United Nations and the European Parliament in recognizing Palestinian statehood. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMar 14, 2013
Most Wikipedia contributors are men, but that doesn't justify the fact that females are so poorly represented on the site; much to many priests' chagrin, the Roman Catholic Church unwittingly bought part of a building that houses Europe's largest gay sauna; meanwhile, ZIP codes serve as more than just locating devices as they have come to define identities and divide communities. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 21, 2010
The Vatican has another holy mess on its hands, this time of the financial sort, as the man in charge of the Holy See's official bank, one Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, is under investigation as part of a money-laundering case, according to the BBC. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 9, 2010
In a Vatican Radio broadcast on Friday, one Rev Federico Lombardi, spokesman for the Holy See, announced that Pope Benedict XVI is ready to hold "new meetings" with victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy members, but at least one victims' group (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 11, 2010
It would make sense that the Vatican would have an official head exorcist, and indeed it does. He's 85-year-old Father Gabriele Amorth, and after wrangling many an unclean spirit in his time, he now has a book out with the catchy title "Memoirs of an Exorcist" and thinks he's seen you-know-who in the details of recent sex scandals in the Holy See. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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