Catholic religious order opens abuse files
A Roman Catholic religious order released an unusually candid report Tuesday outlining how its leaders failed for decades to stop sex abuse in its schools and other ministries. Full story
Galesburg: Charges Dropped Against Fake Priest
Charges against a Missouri man accused of pretending to be a priest have been dropped. Police say he took advantage of an elderly Galesburg woman. Full story
Priest, ex-teacher get prison in Philly abuse case
Exceeding sentencing guidelines, a judge on Wednesday handed down prison terms of at least six years to a Roman Catholic priest and a former teacher in a sex-abuse case that brought down a Philadelphia church official. Full story
Father Andrew Greeley, prolific author, dies at 85
The author of more than 150 books, Catholic priest Andrew Greeley was at times a relentless critic of the church. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.
Father Andrew Greeley, novelist and Catholic critic, dies
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Father Andrew M. Greeley, an outspoken Roman Catholic priest who wrote more than 50 novels and was a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times until he suffered a brain injury in 2008, died at the age of 85 in his Chicago home, a spokeswoman said Thursday. Full story
Missouri diocese agrees to $600,000 settlement in child pornography case
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A Catholic diocese in Missouri has agreed to a $600,000 settlement of a civil lawsuit tied to the arrest of one of its priests for taking lewd photos of a young girl in 2006, a church official and a lawyer for the girl said on Wednesday. Full story
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Cardinal: Francis will bring ‘tremendous change’
“He’s being studied very closely,” Cardinal Edward Egan of the Archdiocese of New York said of Pope Francis, added that wherever he goes, priests want to know how the Pope will change the Catholic Church and what the implications will be. Cardinal Edward Egan is interviewed by TODAY’s Lester Holt.
Ice cold dunk for new priests in Japan
After two years of training, novice Shinto priests in Japan take a ritual dip in freezing water as part of their graduation ceremony. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.
The case for ending celibacy rules for priests
Father Albert Cutie, who left the Catholic Church in order to marry, joins Joy Reid’s panel for a discussion on the Catholic Church’s celibacy rules, gender politics, and what the pink smoke at the Vatican was all about.
Seminarians- they’re just like us!
MSNBC’s Chris Jansing reports from the Vatican about a group of men, studying to be priests… who say they’re trying to be “cool.”
What seminarians want in a pope
MSNBC's Chris Jansing sits down with three seminarians to talk about what they want in a new pope, the sex abuse scandal and women priests.
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