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                    [Title] => John Paul II sainthood stirs Latin Americans
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The canonization of Pope John Paul II is drawing special attention in Latin America, reviving both warm memories of his frequent visits to the region and debate over his handling of sex-abuse scandals.

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The Polish priest who has spearheaded the case to make Pope John Paul II a saint said Tuesday that no documentation exists linking the pontiff personally to the scandal of the Legion of Christ religious order.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-25 06:49:10 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1243264 [AuthorName] => Daniela Petroff and Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac65/marksdima/6amb.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1268058 [Title] => Pope must decide what to do with disgraced Legion [Summary] =>

First, one of the Legion of Christ's top officials abruptly quit the troubled religious order in frustration over the slow pace of change. Then priests in the cult-like movement empowered proteges and associates of the order's disgraced founder, the Rev. Marcial Maciel, to vote for their next leader.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-14 03:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/2404/8xik.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1265264 [Title] => Disgraced priest to wed pope adviser's daughter [Summary] =>

Thomas Williams, the onetime public face of the disgraced Legion of Christ religious order who left the priesthood after admitting he fathered a child, is getting married this weekend to the child's mother, The Associated Press has learned.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-07 00:20:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img441/7786/m95p.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 809563 [Title] => Legion's latest admission revives hypocrisy charge [Summary] =>

The Legion of Christ religious order, already discredited for concealing the crimes of its pedophile founder, suffered another blow to its credibility yesterday after its superior admitted he knew in 2005 that his most prominent priest had fathered a child, yet allowed him to keep teaching and preaching about morality.

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Pope Benedict XVI offered a word of encouragement yesterday to the Legionaries of Christ order, which has been reeling since revelations that its revered founder was a fraud and pedophile.

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The Vatican has proposed giving hundreds of women who live like nuns within the troubled Legion of Christ order greater autonomy after a Holy See investigation found serious problems in their regimented communities.

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The Legionaries of Christ is ordering images of its disgraced founder removed from its buildings worldwide as part of Vatican-mandated reforms.

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