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Father Marcial Maciel and the Popes He Stained CLERICAL WHISPERS - March 15, 2013 ... shuttled between Mexico, Venezuela, and Spain, courting benefactors like a senator with silk between the fingers, portraying his Legionaries as a force of resurgent orthodoxy, himself a fearless foe of communism. That message had booming resonance in Mexico, a heavily Catholic country seared by memories of lethal anticlerical persecutions set in motion by the Calles regime in the 1930s, a milieu powerfully evoked in Graham Greene's novel The Power and the Glory . Maciel won government support ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/03/father-marcial-maciel-and-popes-he.html
From Jason Berry…Rome: The Media and the Conclave VOICE FROM THE DESERT - March 10, 2013 ... cardinals are doing comes in daily Vatican press briefings that offer little substance. The cardinals have not set the date for the start of the conclave. A slow news environment is good for go-to experts, like Jesuit Father Tom Reese, a sociologist widely interviewed in the media. "In 2005 the interviews I gave brought attention to America [the Jesuit magazine] and we landed 1000 new subscribers – that's $30,000!" he said cheerfully. A major topic of the coverage is how the next pope ...http://reform-network.net/?p=20305
Benedict and Clergy Sexual Abuse: Decisive and Aggressive Action CLERICAL WHISPERS - March 9, 2013 ... predictable, news of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation was quickly followed by a flood of headlines linking him to the clergy sexual-abuse scandal. "Legacy Marred by Sex-Abuse Scandal," read a headline on the ABC News website. "Complicit in Child Sex-Abuse Scandals," said another from The Guardian , which quoted victims' groups. Amid the fray, however, other voices have taken a singularly opposite view, instead crediting the Holy Father with aggressively and ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/03/benedict-and-clergy-sexual-abuse.html
Victims Raise Legal Questions About Retired Pope CLERICAL WHISPERS - March 9, 2013 ... Criminal Court. The court prosecutor, who can decide whether to open an inquiry, has not said whether he will act. Lena has called the effort, which was first filed in 2011, "ludicrous." Spees said Benedict's resignation would play no role in the longshot case before the International Criminal Court. The world's only permanent war crimes tribunal, its prosecutor does not take into account traditional immunity claims. However, she and others argue that at a minimum Benedict's resignation could ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/03/victims-raise-legal-questions-about.html
By Jason Berry…Rome: The Media and the Conclave VOICE FROM THE DESERT - March 8, 2013 ... substance. The cardinals have not set the date for the start of the conclave. A slow news environment is good for go-to experts, like Jesuit Father Tom Reese, a sociologist widely interviewed in the media. "In 2005 the interviews I gave brought attention to America [the Jesuit magazine] and we landed 1000 new subscribers – that's $30,000!" he said cheerfully. A major topic of the coverage is how the next pope will deal with the Roman Curia, or Vatican bureaucracy, that has become ...http://reform-network.net/?p=20312
Diplomacy's Revenge? CLERICAL WHISPERS - March 6, 2013 http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/03/diplomacys-revenge.html
Transition Period Sees Vacant See in Key Players' Hands CLERICAL WHISPERS - March 5, 2013 http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/03/transition-period-sees-vacant-see-in.html
Now Gathering in Rome, a Conclave of Fallible Cardinals CLERICAL WHISPERS - March 2, 2013 ... made unwanted sexual advances toward priests years ago, showed that the taint of scandal could force a cardinal from participating in the selection of a new pope. His exit came as at least a dozen other cardinals tarnished with accusations that they had failed to remove priests accused of sexually abusing minors were among those gathering in Rome to prepare for the conclave to select a successor to Pope Benedict XVI. There was no sign that the church's promise to confront the ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/03/now-gathering-in-rome-conclave-of.html
Now Gathering in Rome, a Conclave of Fallible Cardinals CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 27, 2013 ... made unwanted sexual advances toward priests years ago, showed that the taint of scandal could force a cardinal from participating in the selection of a new pope. His exit came as at least a dozen other cardinals tarnished with accusations that they had failed to remove priests accused of sexually abusing minors were among those gathering in Rome to prepare for the conclave to select a successor to Pope Benedict XVI. There was no sign that the church's promise to confront the ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/02/now-gathering-in-rome-conclave-of.html
From the Front Page of the New York Times: Now Gathering in Rome, a Conclave of Fallible Cardinals VOICE FROM THE DESERT - February 27, 2013 ... unwanted sexual advances toward priests years ago, showed that the taint of scandal could force a cardinal from participating in the selection of a new pope. Multimedia Interactive Feature The 117 Men Who Will Choose the Next Pope VIDEO: Covering a Papal Election GRAPHIC: The Catholic Church Shifted Southward Over the Past Century Related Benedict XVI to Be Known as Emeritus in Retirement (February 27, 2013) Castel Gandolfo Journal: Hilltop Town, a Host to Popes for Centuries, ...http://reform-network.net/?p=19889
The Dark Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI (Opinion) CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 25, 2013 ... push the restart button on Christianity -- both Catholic and Protestant versions -- so as to strip down to the essence of Jesus' teaching and the Cosmic Christ tradition. Christianity can be rebuilt without basilicas on our backs but mere backpacks. Travel lightly. Walk humbly. Do justice. And peace will ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-dark-legacy-of-pope-benedict-xvi.html
Legion of Christ's Deception, Unearthed in New Documents, Indicates Wider Cover-Up CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 24, 2013 Newly released documents in a Rhode Island lawsuit show that the scandal-tarred Legion of Christ shielded information on their founder's sex life from a wealthy widow who donated $30 million over two decades. In 2009, the widow's niece, Mary Lou Dauray, sued the Legion and the bank that facilitated key transactions, alleging fraud. At Dauray's request, backed by a motion from NCR and three other media outlets, Superior Court Judge ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/02/legion-of-christs-deception-unearthed.html
Rhode Island Judge Releases Documents Revealing Inner Workings of Legion of Christ CLERICAL WHISPERS - February 19, 2013 Documents released Friday by a Rhode Island judge provide a new window into the internal workings of the Legion of Christ, a religious order of priests whose founder was revealed to have sexually abused seminarians and fathered children by at least two women. The release of the voluminous court records by Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein came within days of the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, who ordered an investigation into allegations ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/02/rhode-island-judge-releases-documents.html
NATIONAL SURVIVOR ADVOCATES COALITION NEWS; February 18, 2013 VOICE FROM THE DESERT - February 18, 2013 http://reform-network.net/?p=19670
Lord Black Offers His Unique Insights Into the Reign of Pope Benedict XVI ABYSSUS ABYSSUM INVOCAT / DEEP CALLS TO DEEP - February 14, 2013 ... his Masses with a reference to them (us). He recently pardoned his former butler for stealing confidential papers from him, and has recognized the futility of confinement for non-violent offenders. I recall the late Pope, in the November of his courageously borne infirmities, telling a private luncheon at the World Youth observations in Toronto that "an emeritus pope is impossible." Although it is the first such withdrawal since Gregory XII, who ended the schism of Avignon ("the Babylonian ...http://abyssum.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/lord-black-offers-his-unique-insights-into-the-reign-of-pope-benedict-xvi/
