Cardinal Roger Mahony heads to Rome as Pope Benedict XVI resigns

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Cardinal Roger Mahony, who will travel to Rome to help select a successor to Pope Benedict XVI, reacted today to [...] Read More

Los Angeles: Sexual abuse victims demand public admonishment of Catholic officials

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Victims of sexual abuse by priests in the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles demanded today that former Cardinal Roger Mahony [...] Read More

Los Angeles: Church documents about hiding child abuse uncovered

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Former Archbishop Roger Mahony and a top adviser discussed ways to prevent law enforcement from learning about molestations of children [...] Read More

Religious relic stolen Monday from Long Beach church

An 800-year-old religious relic that goes on display once a year was stolen Monday from a Catholic church in Long [...] Read More

Tearful pope says church will better protect young

Benedict expressed his “shame and sorrow” at the pain the men and their families suffered and prayed with them during the meeting at the Vatican’s embassy in Malta, the Vatican said. Read More

Vatican waited years to defrock Arizona priest 


Documents reviewed by The Associated Press show that as a Vatican cardinal, the future pope took over the abuse case of the Rev. Michael Teta of Tucson, Ariz., then let it languish at the Vatican for years despite repeated pleas from the bishop for the man to be removed from the priesthood. Read More