Roman Catholic Bishop stories:
Vatican picks over Irish paedophile priest scandal
Feb 16th, 2010 - BBC NEWS
"at this time of penance, we must begin with ourselves"
as the roman catholic church prepares to celebrate the penitential rites of lent, during which the faithful beg forgiveness for their sins, an unprecedented act of private penancePope summons bishops over Irish sex scandal
Feb 15th, 2010 - ABC News
ireland's roman catholic bishops have been summoned to rome to meet with pope benedict in a two-day summit to discuss the sex abuse scandal that has shocked ireland. betrayed by the very people they should have been able to trust, victims of child
Search under way for Cardinal Mahony's successor
Feb 12th, 2010 - ColumbiaMissourian
the roman catholic archdiocese of los angeles said thursday a search is under way for a successor to cardinal roger mahony, who has spent 25 years as the spiritual leader of the nation's largest diocese and presided over a record-breaking clergy
Paraguay's Lugo sees last paternity claim dissolve
Feb 2nd, 2010 - The Ledger
asuncion, paraguay - president fernando lugo's headaches over multiple paternity claims stemming from when he was a roman catholic bishop are apparently clearing up. hortensia damiana moran, one of three women who came forward last year and accused
Health care overhaul fight exposes Catholic rift
Mar 19th, 2010 - Washington Post
-- an unusual public split between u.s. roman catholic bishops, nuns and hospitals over abortion in the health care overhaul could undermine the church hierarchy's influence on the debate and give anti-abortion democrats the political cover


