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The Siren's Call: What really happened to the Knights Templar?
The Templars were an elite taskforce -- consider them the Green Berets of the Middle Ages. They were known for their service to the pope, their fierce determination to wrest Jerusalem from the enemy, their great wealth and, like many groups, their...Tags: History, Vatican City, NATO, Jesus Christ, Lawrence Durrell
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Married Catholic priests? Yes and (mostly) no
Opinion L.A.It was a blow to Roman Catholic liberals when the Vatican announced last month that it would welcome, en masse, conservative Anglicans who share the pope's opposition to female clergy and traditional views about homosexuality. But there was a silver... -
Woman breaks security, knocks down Pope Benedict at Christmas Eve Mass - video
Top of the TicketHere is raw video of the service and security agents rushing to the scene of the assault after a woman jumped from the Vatican crowd to knock down Pope Benedict XVI and another priest during the entry procession. The 82-year-old...... -
PETA to Pope Benedict XVI: Veganize the Vatican
L.A. UnleashedTaking a cue from Pope Benedict XVI's message for the Catholic Church's World Day of Peace, in which he calls for "a real change of outlook which will result in new life-styles" as a means to combat damage to the...... -
A vast anti-Catholic conspiracy?
Opinion L.A.No doubt some anti-Catholics are reveling in reports that the future Pope Benedict XVI was aware that a pedophile priest in Germany had been returned to ministry and that then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger succumbed to a plea by an American abuser that he... -
William A. Wilson dies at 95; first U.S. ambassador to the Vatican
William A. Wilson, a Los Angeles businessman and a member of President Reagan's "kitchen cabinet" who was appointed the first U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, has died. He was 95.
Wilson died early Saturday in Carmel Valley, Calif., where he had a home,...Tags: Vatican City, Finance, Elections, University of California, U.S. Army
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PASSINGS: Leon Lyon, Sandro, Leon Yao Liang, George W. Trippon
Leon Lyon O.C. builder, arts patron Leon Lyon, 89, an Orange County developer, financier and philanthropist, died Dec. 15 at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach of complications from congestive heart failure, his family announced. A Newport Beach resident,...Tags: Entertainment, Labor Legislation, Sociology, Family, Finance
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A tacit endorsement of a downsized papacy
Opinion L.A.There's irony in the decision of the Vatican to fight lawsuits stemming from the allegations of sexual abuse of minors by clergy. In resisting the claims of victims from the United States, the Holy See is arguing that local bishops are not Vatican... -
A cardinal qualification
Opinion L.A.Pope Benedict XVI continues to apologize for the abuse of minors by Catholic clergy, saying Friday: "We too insistently beg forgiveness from God and from the persons involved, while promising to do everything possible to ensure that such abuse will... -
Chile earthquake: Pope urges survivors to be courageous
La PlazaPope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged the survivors of Chile's devastating quake to be courageous and asked the Catholic church to play a role in relief efforts. The pontiff, speaking first in Italian and then in Spanish, told pilgrims in St. Peter's Square... -
The Pope and the priest abuse scandal: What it means
L.A. NOWWhen he was the churchâs chief enforcer of doctrine 25 years ago, Pope Benedict XVI declined to immediately defrock a California priest who admitted to child sexual abuse, saying he needed more time to consider the impact of the case...... -
Vatican defends Pope Benedict's response to Oakland sexual abuse case
L.A. NOWThe Vatican insisted Saturday that Pope Benedict XVI had done nothing wrong when, earlier in his career, he hesitated to defrock a California priest who had admitted molesting two boys. A Vatican lawyer said it was the local bishop, John......
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