Is Pope Francis a fraud?
After a right-wing coup crushed the reforms of Vatican II, one scholar says the last two popes are illegitimate
Saturday, Mar 16, 2013 5:30 PM UTC 415Life Religion, Catholicism
After a right-wing coup crushed the reforms of Vatican II, one scholar says the last two popes are illegitimate
Saturday, Mar 16, 2013 5:30 PM UTC 415Palatial digs, adoring crowds and sensual acrobatics on demand -- proof there ain't no party like a Holy See party VIDEO
Wednesday, Mar 13, 2013 10:15 PM UTCThe party's over. That cloud of white smoke announces that the Vatican has chosen our new leader
Wednesday, Mar 13, 2013 6:53 PM UTC 13Cardinals voted twice Wednesday morning in the Vatican's famed frescoed chapel
Wednesday, Mar 13, 2013 12:32 PM UTCThe conclave of cardinals is ready to get down to the real business of selecting the next Pope
Sunday, Mar 10, 2013 11:15 AM UTCThe cardinal cops to his "inappropriate" behavior toward other priests — one year after his homophobic op-ed
Monday, Mar 4, 2013 4:39 PM UTC 22From Boehner's sequester face to Jennifer Lawrence's charming klutziness, a look at the week's enduring images SLIDE SHOW
Saturday, Mar 2, 2013 2:00 PM UTC@Pontifex, we hardly knew ye
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 10:25 PM UTCPope Benedict XVI bid an emotional farewell Wednesday on the eve of his retirement
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 2:03 PM UTCA group of men with their own tainted records will choose the next pope. Can they rise to the challenge?
Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 4:28 PM UTC 11Claims of Cardinal Keith O'Brien's "inappropriate behavior towards priests" date back to the 1980s
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 3:41 PM UTCOn Thursday, Pope Benedict XVI will become the first pope to have resigned from the papacy in six centuries
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 4:34 PM UTCThe pope's abrupt retirement gets stranger: Now an Italian newspaper alleges corruption at the Vatican
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 7:56 PM UTC 55Italian newspaper reports that Benedict XVI resigned the day he received a dossier on blackmail and scandal
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 1:12 PM UTCThe Vatican could move up the conclave to elect the new pope before its most sacred liturgical period in March
Sunday, Feb 17, 2013 3:51 PM UTCThe five best sketches from a particularly odd week of news, from the Pope to the Carnival cruise disaster VIDEO
Sunday, Feb 17, 2013 2:47 PM UTCFrom the pope's resignation to a meteor burning across the Russian sky, a look at the stories that defined the week SLIDE SHOW
Saturday, Feb 16, 2013 2:00 PM UTCA U.K. television star is just the latest to be accused of child sexual assault
Friday, Feb 15, 2013 4:36 PM UTCIn his first speech since announcing his resignation, the Pope said he is resigning "for the good of the Church"
Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 5:35 PM UTCThe pope will spend his remaining time as pontiff at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo
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