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My encounters with Joseph Ratzinger — and Pope Benedict XVI

By Thomas Reese — December 31, 2022
Open discussion was suppressed by Ratzinger under the papacy of John Paul. If you did not agree with the Vatican, you were silenced.

Faced with opposition from the Vatican, prominent Catholics opt for disobedience

By Claire Giangravé — May 12, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — ‘I was appalled,’ said the former president of Ireland, Mary McAleese, ‘appalled by the very idea a Vatican document would say a gay couple is not capable of either receiving or expressing God’s grace.’

Francis lays down the law to bishops who cover up

By Mark Silk — June 6, 2016
Finally, the Vatican is in a position to lay the abuse crisis to rest.
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