Monthly Archives: February 2012

Taken from Clerical Whispers Vatican Bank defends its Cayman Islands banking division The Vatican Business Conglomerate is now on the defensive in regards to the document leaks, concerning the Vatican Bank’s offshore Cayman Islands banking division. Quite recently, like clockwork … Continue reading →

Germantown – 40 Days for Life – Fr. Marcel from Michael Martelli on Vimeo. Posted: 02/27/2012 3:52 pm A Maryland-based priest is garnering heat in the blogosphere today after allegedly denying communion to a lesbian parishioner attending her mother’s funeral. As The New Civil Rights … Continue reading →

By JOHN P. MARTIN — The Philadelphia Inquirer Posted: 3:00am on Feb 24, 2012; Modified: 8:46pm on Feb 24, 2012 PHILADELPHIA — Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua ordered aides to shred a 1994 memo that identified 35 Archdiocese of Philadelphia priests suspected of sexually abusing … Continue reading →

Italy’s government announced measures on Friday to end tax exemptions on commercial property owned by the Catholic Church, a move expected to add as much as 600 million euros ($805 million) to state coffers each year. Prime Minister Mario Monti, … Continue reading →

Monsignor: Philly cardinal shredded abuse list Taken from Clerical Whispers A Roman Catholic church official facing trial in a priest child abuse scandal created a list of problem priests in 1994, but Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua had it destroyed, according to … Continue reading →

The mole claims to be one of more than 20 people within the Holy See who have leaked sensitive documents to the Italian media in the last few weeks, in an affair that has been compared to the WikiLeaks scandal … Continue reading →

Taken from Clerical Whispers Cardinal sin: Who’s playing with the truth, Alencherry or Vatican?   It is not nice for a cardinal to begin his newly ordained life with a half-lie.    Or a misquote.    But this is what … Continue reading →

Criticisms made by the former Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland, of the National Board for Safeguarding Children’s lack of funding and the time it is taking to complete a full audit of the Irish Church, have been challenged by the … Continue reading →