tarnished the reputation of his predecessor, John Paul II. Founded by Mexican cleric Marcial Maciel in

VATICAN CITY( Reuters)-Cardinal Angelo Sodano, a controversial Vatican power broker for more than a quarter of a century who was accused of covering up one of the Catholic Church's most notorious sex abusers, has died at the age of 94. Sodano, who had been ill for some time and died on Friday night, was secretary of state under two popes--John Paul II and Benedict XVI--holding the number two post in the Vatican hierarchy for 16 years between 1990 and 2006.It was widely believed that Sodano, toge

He said Benedict" did not deliberately do anything wrong." Benedict, who resigned in 2013, remains a hero to conservatives who are at odds with Francis' style of a more open and welcoming Church. Conservative Italian newspapers ran editorials on Friday defending Benedict and attacking the report.... " His defenders will continue defending him and his detractors will continue throwing mud," Melloni said.In an address on Friday, Pope Francis promised to push ahead with punishing abuse and said th

After receiving psychotherapy, he was allowed to work with young people again.... “ In a total of four cases, we came to the conclusion that the then-archbishop, Cardinal Ratzinger, can be accused of misconduct, ” Martin Pusch, who co-wrote the report, said.... His spokesperson told the Bild tabloid that he “ takes the fates of the abuse victims very much to heart ” and is fully “ in favour of the publication of the Munich report ”....

The Grand County Sheriff’s Office said they are investigating any possible connection between the double homicide of Crystal Turner and Kylen Schulte( right) in mid-August, and the disappearance of Gabby Petito in late August.... Schulte worked at Moonflower Community Cooperative in Moab, which is the same location that Petito and her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, got into a fight on Aug.... Police and Petito's family say the fiancé, Brian Laundrie, is refusing to speak to law enforcement( Steve Pet