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...PETER DEJONG / AP Cardinal Bernard Law celebrates a mourning Mass for the late Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Monday...
Monday, April 11, 9pm, Vatican City The Return of Cardinal Law You could have termed it "kickin' him upstairs" when former Church heavyweight Bernard Cardinal Law was handed an honorific, but influence-free posting last year after his 2002 resignation from the Boston Archdiocese. Law, who became a symbol of inaction by American bishops in response to repeated cases of priests sexually abusing minors, is now the archpriest at St. Mary Major, one of the four main Basilicas in Rome. It is a largely ceremonial role, far from the influence he once wielded as the single most powerful American Cardinal...
...team in Rome to cover the selection of the new pope. She caught up to Barbara Blaine, president of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, SNAP, who was protesting alone Monday afternoon just beyond the border of St. Peter's (protests could not be held on Vatican territory). Blaine showed a small swarm of reporters a half dozen laminated photos of children who were abused by Roman Catholic priests-herself included. SNAP sent a letter to all the American Cardinals to try to keep Law out of a prominent role. "We need the Cardinals to find the courage...
...most ardent defenders was Mexico City's Norberto Cardinal Rivera Carrera, who notoriously blamed the entire sex abuse scandal on the U.S. media. Rivera was one of just a handful of fellow Cardinals in attendance today at St. Peter's. He is also on most Vatican watchers' short-lists of "papabili" or potential popes. But it remains to be seen whether Rivera could muster key support from the 11-strong bloc of U.S. Cardinals after his remarks about the scandal. Most of the American Cardinals know very well that the sex abuse crisis was fortunately exposed-not caused...
...Sunday, April 10, 9pm, Vatican City Even reporters need a day of rest. But read my latest article in TIME magazine: A Brisk Walk With a Cardinal