Mar 16th, 2010 · The Vatican is responding strongly to accusations that Pope Benedict XVI tried to cover up the sexual abuse of children by priests. The charges stem from abuse cases in Germany when the pope was the archbishop of Munich. John Allen, senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, says prior to these revelations, the pope had been credited with his handling of sex-abuse claims in the Catholic Church.
Mar 13th, 2010 · A growing scandal in Europe over child sexual abuse by priests now extends to the Vatican and Pope Benedict. Friday, the Pope's former archdiocese in Germany acknowledged that while he was archbishop, a priest who was suspected of abusing children was transferred to another job — where he committed more abuses. Guest host Jacki Lyden talks to Peter Wensierski of Der Spiegel about the sex abuse scandal.
Feb 16th, 2010 · Pope Benedict XVI scolded Irish bishops at the end of a two-day Vatican summit called to discuss the decades of clerical sex abuse on minors in Ireland. Despite his condemnation of the abuse, the pope did not address victims' demands for the resignations of some bishops.
Feb 15th, 2010 · Pope Benedict has summoned more than two dozen Irish bishops to the Vatican for meetings on Ireland's sex abuse scandal. Two months ago, an investigation into the Dublin diocese known as the Murphy Commission Report, revealed the Irish Church had been covering up crimes by priests against young people for decades.
Jan 18th, 2010 · The Turkish man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 was released from prison on Monday after nearly 30 years behind bars. Mehmet Ali Agca promptly declared himself a messenger of God and said the world would end this century. He also declared his desire to travel to the Vatican
Dec 25th, 2009 · Pope Benedict XVI delivered his traditional Christmas Day blessing Friday, looking tired and unsteady but otherwise fine hours after being knocked down by a woman who jumped the barrier at the start of Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. The Vatican said he was unhurt in the fall and that his busy Christmas schedule would remain unchanged.
Dec 24th, 2009 · A Vatican spokesman says a woman jumped the barriers in St. Peter's Basilica and knocked down Pope Benedict XVI as he walked down the main aisle to begin Christmas Eve Mass.
Nov 10th, 2009 · Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial life and its implication for the Catholic Church.