Vatican

Homer Simpson... is Catholic?
By Stephanie Tardugno
October 20, 2010 - 11:01am
The official Vatican newspaper has declared that the cartoon character and his son, Bart, are Catholics.

The official Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, has declared that Homer Simpson and son Bart from the television cartoon show, “The Simpsons,” are Catholics, according to Reuters. Furthermore, it says that parents should not be afraid to let their children watch "the adventures of the little guys in yellow."

Future Pope Benedict XVI failed to defrock abusive priest
By Iris Park
March 25, 2010 - 11:47am
Plus, President Obama's first big speech after the passage of health care reform and a new tax on tanning.

The future Pope Benedict XVI and other top Vatican officials failed to defrock an American priest who molested deaf boys.

The Reverend Lawrence Murphy sexually abused more than 200 boys from the 1950s through the 1970s at the St. John's School for the Deaf in Wisconsin.

Father Murphy was never disciplined, and died in 1998.

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope, granted Murphy leniency.