Monthly Archives: May 2012

  The Minnesota Catholic Conference has condemned attempts to “divide” Catholics in the state after three retired Catholic priests and 80 former priests penned letters criticizing the Catholic Church’s support for a state amendment defining marriage as the union of … Continue reading →

A special commission of cardinals investigating the worst crisis in Pope Benedict’s pontificate is hunting possible accomplices to his butler, held since his arrest in a ‘safe room’ in the Vatican police station. The scandal exploded last week when within … Continue reading →

The Vatican has long been said by those who know it to be a nest of vipers. But recently, the poison has been laid bare for everyone to see as leak after embarrassing leak has revealed an institution at war … Continue reading →

A massive information dump nicknamed ‘VatiLeaks’ has the Catholic Church sweating. Barbie Latza Nadeau talks to Gianluigi Nuzzi, the journalist exposing Pope Benedict XVI’s internal memos. Investigative journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi first met “Maria” in the spring of 2011 at a … Continue reading →

The president of the Vatican bank was effectively ousted Thursday after receiving a unanimous vote of no-confidence from bank overseers for having leaked documents and failed to do his job at a critical time in the Holy See’s efforts to … Continue reading →

The Holy See has threatened legal action against the Italian author of a new book that contains dozens of leaked private letters and memos to Pope Benedict XVI. Fr Federico Lombardi, the Vatican’s chief spokesman, said last week’s publication ofSua … Continue reading →