UNITED STATES
Tuscaloosa News
The Associated Press
Published: Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Popular pressure is mounting in the U.S. and Italy to keep California Cardinal Roger Mahony away from the conclave to elect the next pope because of his role shielding sexually abusive priests.
Amid the movement, a Vatican historian says there is no precedent for a cardinal staying home from a conclave because of personal scandal. Conclaves always bring out the worst in cardinals’ dirty laundry and this time is no different – except that the revelations of Mahony’s sins are so fresh and ordinary Catholics seem to want to have a greater say in who is fit to choose the next pope.
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