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Amid doomsaying on AI, Leo XIV looks before – and beyond – regulation

Father Marcial Maciel

Pope John Paul II gives his blessing to late father Marcial Maciel, founder of Christ’s Legionaries, during a special audience the pontiff granted to about four thousand participants of the Regnum Christi movement, at the Vatican, on Nov. 30, 2004. The recently-opened archives of Pope Pius XII have shed new light on claims the World War II-era pope didn’t speak out about the Holocaust. But they’re also providing details about another contentious chapter in Vatican history: the scandal over the founder of the Legionaries of Christ. (Credit: Plinio Lepri/AP.)

Vatican’s Pius XII archives shed light on another contentious chapter: The Legion of Christ scandal

Jul 23, 2024
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

With Sodano’s passing, the Vatican’s old guard is down but hardly out

May 29, 2022
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25 years later, Legion of Christ victims seek reparations

Feb 23, 2022
Nicole Winfield

Founders with feet of clay another challenge for Pope’s reform campaign

Feb 14, 2021
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Official in John Paul II’s sainthood cause says no cover-up on sex abuse

Official in John Paul II’s sainthood cause says no cover-up on sex abuse

May 16, 2020
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Mexico: Legion of Christ victims criticize sex abuse report

Dec 24, 2019
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Legion of Christ finds 33 priests, 71 seminarian sex abusers

Dec 22, 2019
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Cardinal tainted by abuse scandals steps down as dean, pope sets term limit

Dec 21, 2019
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Church now faces ‘Sheen dilemma’ in evaluating saints and their halos

Dec 8, 2019
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May 30, 2019
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