Pope in Portugal: Abuse Scandal “Greatest Persecution” Church Has Ever Faced

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

Speaking to the press enroute to Portugal yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI said the Church has always suffered from problems of its own making, but “today we see it in a truly terrifying way” in priest sex abuse scandals.

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Rift Grows as Church of England Proposes Consecration of Female Bishops

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist

Traditional Anglicans in the UK may have moved one step closer to entering the Catholic Church upon receiving the news that the Church of England will support the consecration of women as bishops and priests and plans to provide only minor safeguards for parishes that do not support these ordinations.

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