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Abuse Claims Tip Portland Into Financial Abyss
BY FREDDY GRAY I N THE FACE of massive claims from cases involving the sexual abuse of children, the archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, has filed for bankruptcy. This move,......
‘we Can’t Sell A Raphael To Pay For Abuse Settlements,’...
“T HE Catholic Church? Bankrupt? Why doesn’t the Vatican sell a few paintings?” This familiar response to the Church’s financial quandary misjudges the reality of the Holy See’s......
Cardinal Presses South Africa To Punish Mugabe
BY DAVID V BARRETT S OUTH A FRICA ’ S most senior Catholic bishop said this week that he could not understand why the South African government was not considering sanctions......
Holy See Supports Israel Fence Judgment
BY DAVID V BARRETT A V ATICAN spokesman has welcomed an International Court’s condemnation of Israel’s security fence on the West Bank, calling it “a weighty sentence”. The......
Other Dioceses On The Brink
Boston The Archdiocese of Boston, the fourth biggest diocese in America, has been disastrously affected by the child sex abuse crisis. In 2002, the Church in Boston hit the......