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Incompetent, Insular, Intolerant
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The bureaucracy of the Catholic Church is more maladroit than managerial....
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Catholics Pissed Over Topless Papal Pics
A Catholic organization is pissed over topless pics of busty model Lucy Pinder mocking the pope’s...
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The Week in Photos
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From Israel’s Purim observance to a Trayvon Martin remembrance, see the most striking images of the...
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Bye-bye, Benedict!
The pope’s last day was filled with Vatican pomp and circumstance—and with protests over the church’s abuse scandals. Barbie Latza Nadeau reports from Rome. MORE
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Pope: I’m ‘Not Coming Down From the Cross’
Thousands jam St. Peter’s for last mass. MORE
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Pope Delivers Final ‘Angelus’
Amid Vatican anger over gay sex-scandal rumors. MORE
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Did a Cross-Dressing Priest Sex Ring Bring Down Benedict XVI?
Rumors are flying that Benedict learned of a new scandal—involving gay priests and male prostitutes—the day he decided to retire. MORE
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Skeletons in the Cloisters
As the conclave for the new pope nears, Catholics are calling for cardinals embroiled in sex-abuse scandals to abstain from voting. MORE
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The Real Ratzinger
He was supposed to be ‘God’s Rottweiler.’ A look at the paradox of Benedict XVI. MORE
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Benedict’s Act of Grace
John Paul II left the church a mess. In Newsweek, Tim Parks on how Benedict’s resignation might save it. MORE
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The Life of Benedict XVI
From the Bavarian hills to the Vatican to his 2008 U.S. visit, a look at the journey of Joseph Ratzinger. MORE
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Why’d the Pope Really Quit?
Whispers of late-night helicopter trips to the hospital and another sex scandal have Rome buzzing. MORE
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Pope: Resignation for ‘Good of the Church’
As he presides over what is likely to be his last pubic Mass. MORE
