Topic: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
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Pope: Crackdown on nuns in US reaffirmed
The Vatican last year imposed an overhaul of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious after determining the sisters took positions that undermined Catholic teaching on the priesthood and homosexuality while promoting 'radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith.'
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Victims' groups cool to Pope Francis's first comments on abuse scandal
On Friday, the new pope addressed the child abuse scandal for the first time since his election, calling for a continuation of his predecessor's unpopular approach.
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What are the chances of an American pope? This time, not zero (+video)
Until recently, American candidates faced unease about US hegemony. With the end of the cold war and decline in American power, a couple of US cardinals are getting serious attention.
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Global News Blog Pope Benedict XVI and the road not taken (+video)
At one point, the young Joseph Ratzinger looked like a budding church reformer. By the time he abdicated as pope this week, he had become one of the stoutest defenders of Catholic tradition.
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Global News Blog Pope Benedict's legacy: More influential than Pope John Paul II?
Pope Benedict's legacy may be a willingness to let liberal Catholics leave in favor of a more orthodox church in the US and Europe.
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Pope Benedict XVI retires: Will the next pope come from the 'global south?'
Latin America is home to 40 percent of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics, but there has never been a non-European pope in the modern era.
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Vatican nun crackdown hits US group for 'radical feminist' ideas
Vatican nun crackdown: The largest group of American nuns was sanctioned for promoting 'certain radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith.' The Vatican nun crackdown included the appointment of a bishop to reorganize the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
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Pope Benedict arrives in Berlin to a dissonant welcome
Pope Benedict XVI is starting his visit to Germany in Berlin, which is divided over his address to the Bundestag as well as his views on such issues as homosexuality and women's role in the church.
09/22/2011 01:18 pm -
Europe greets Pope Benedict's condom remarks as 'evolution, not revolution'
Pope Benedict's view that there might be rare cases where condom use is acceptable comes at a time when the Catholic church's image in Europe has been battered by child abuse scandals.
11/22/2010 01:33 pm -
Pope Benedict calls for Catholic church penance, but questions about reform persist
Pope Benedict XVI said it's 'necessary to perform penance' in response to public outrage at revelations of sexual abuse by Catholic priests. But some analysts say those hoping for change are up against a deeply conservative hierarchy.
04/15/2010 07:08 pm -
Catholic abuse crisis: Church hits out at critics, archbishop speaks of 'shame'
The Catholic abuse crisis swirling around the Vatican has grown this week, with a cardinal complaining about press bias and an archbishop writing of the church's 'misplaced concern about the reputation of the church.'
04/02/2010 03:51 pm -
Catholic sex abuse scandals: Three key cases facing Pope Benedict
The latest Catholic sex abuse scandals are confronting Pope Benedict with what one Catholic newspaper calls the "largest institutional crisis in centuries." In Germany, the church announced a hotline for victims of abuse. A summary of key cases that happened on Benedict's watch.
03/30/2010 02:32 pm -
Pope Benedict rips Irish church for "grave errors of judgment"
Pope Benedict XVI ordered an investigation into an Irish church.
03/20/2010 04:32 pm -
Holocaust denial: Vatican shifts into damage control
The Vatican is trying to clarify efforts to reconcile with a sharply right-wing set of bishops excommunicated in 1988.
02/06/2009 12:00 am
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