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Massachusetts church vigil ending after 11 years
By Jerome Socolovsky — May 21, 2016
(RNS) Angry their parish would be closed in the wake of the clergy sexual abuse crisis, around 100 parishioners took turns sleeping overnight in the church.
Catholic ‘seal of the confessional’ upheld as religious liberty issue
By Kimberly Winston — March 1, 2016
(RNS) To compel a priest to report crimes -- even child sexual abuse -- that he learns in the confessional is a violation of religious freedom, ruled a Louisiana court.
Bp. Paprocki: Call Ratzinger “Pope,” too…
By David Gibson — February 20, 2013
Bishop Paprocki of Springfield, Ill., is known as a Catholic culture warrior to many but he is also a Rome-trained canon lawyer. In a memo that Pia de Solenni passes along, with his nihil obstat, Paprocki gives his opinion on a number of interesting issues stemming from Pope Benedict XVI’s unusual resignation — one of […]
Judge rules for breakaway church in St. Louis
By Tracy Gordon — March 19, 2012
ST. LOUIS (RNS) Wading into tricky church-state territory, a judge has upheld an independent-minded Catholic church's ownership of its property and its right to craft bylaws that limit the authority of the Roman Catholic Church over its governance. By Tim Townsend.
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