Categoria: The Washington Post
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Britain’s top Catholic cleric resigns after accusations of inappropriate behavior
LONDON — Pope Benedict XVI on Monday accepted the immediate resignation of Britain’s highest-ranking Roman Catholic cleric, effectively forcing Cardinal Keith O’Brien to step down two days after allegations surfaced publicly that he had engaged in inappropriate behavior with priests. (altro…) -
Britain’s top cardinal accused of ‘inappropriate’ behavior with priests
By Anthony Faiola / Eliza Mackintosh in London and Stefano Pitrelli in Rome contributed to this report
LONDON — On the same day as his last public blessing Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI confronted the threat of a fresh scandal within the church hierarchy, with Vatican officials informing him of new allegations that Britain’s most senior Roman Catholic cleric had engaged in inappropriate behavior with priests. (altro…) -
Pope struggled to lift sacred secrecy of Vatican finances
By Anthony Faiola / Stefano Pitrelli in Rome and Eliza Mackintosh in London contributed to this report
VATICAN CITY — Inside a 13th-century monastery in a sleepy village north of Rome, the Rev. Salvatore Palumbo was allegedly serving more than one higher authority. Italian prosecutors say a Ferrari-driving lawyer who defrauded insurance companies used the priest as a frontman, with Palumbo stashing the illicit cash inside the secretive Institute for Works of Religion.