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...died in 2008 at the age of 87. In 2005, beset by burgeoning charges that he had sexually abused young seminarians for decades, the Mexican priest had resigned as head of the Legionaries of Christ, one of the Roman Catholic Church's most powerful clerical orders. In 2006 the Vatican - which under the late Pope John Paul II had been one of Padre Maciel's staunchest allies - made him give up public ministry and confine himself to a life of "prayer and penitence...
...General Electric executive - "before I saw the light," as he informed Colbert, deadpan. He is also less edgily polemic. David Gibson, a veteran religionista and columnist at Politicsdaily.com, notes that while Martin does champion "marginalized" Catholics like gays and women, as well as nuns, who are currently undergoing a Vatican doctrinal investigation despite their declining numbers and often-heroic works., he excels at spiritual and pastoralnuns (currently under a Vatican microscope), he excels at spiritual and pastoral issues. "He's like a campus chaplain at a very large non-Catholic school" says Gibson. Raymond Arroyo, a popular host...
...OSSERVATORE ROMANO, the Vatican's official newspaper, naming its top 10 rock albums of all time, including Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon and the Beatles' Revolver...
...graphic scenes didn't faze her. "I felt more naked crying and howling than I did showing my bottom," she explains. Then again, her father did give her an early education in provocation. His infamous 1969 duet with Birkin, "Je T'Aime ... Moi Non Plus," was banned by the Vatican because of its salacious lyrics and feigned orgasms. And in 1984, he recorded "Lemon Incest," a duet in which he and a 13-year-old Charlotte sing that "the love that we will never make together is the most beautiful." In the video, they lie together in bed, Serge shirtless...
...Messori explained that if a Pope decided he was no longer capable of leading the church, he would convoke a Consistory of all the world's Cardinals at the Vatican. After they accept his resignation, the Cardinals would elect a successor, and the ex-Pope would "return to the status of simple priest in some hospital or monastery...