Peter Popham believes that Benedict is returning to form: So far Pope Benedict has not been as ferocious a pope as many liberal Catholics feared. Soon after his election he hinted at one reason for that, in a remark to...
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Pope Benedict is reportedly planning to lift the excommunication of four ultra-traditionalist Catholic bishops who have defied the Vatican for decades by rejecting some central reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Andr... Read Post
Pope Benedict revived the old Latin Mass on Saturday, delighting traditional, conservative Catholics and angering liberal Catholics, who fear the move threatens Second Vatican Council reforms, and Jews, who are concerned because the... Read Post
Tensions between the Vatican and American nuns mounted for three decades until Rome finally moved to reassert control over the aging but still ferociously independent conference of Catholic sisters. Read Post