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Dissident Female Catholic Bishop Calls for Pope to Resign over Sex Abuse Scandal *

The Vatican has denied a series of media reports alleging that Pope Benedict, before being elected pontiff, may have looked the other way in cases of abuse in his native Germany and in the United States. Last week, the Vatican strongly defended its decision not to defrock the Wisconsin-based priest Father Lawrence Murphy, who abused some 200 deaf boys in the 1950s and '60s. The National Catholic Reporter says the Pope must be ready to answer questions and called the scandal "'the largest institutional crisis in centuries, possibly in church history." We speak to Bridget Mary Meehan, spokesperson for Roman Catholic Women priests. Ref. Source 7

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Italy ordains first woman priest

A married teacher who belongs to a breakaway Catholic faction becomes the first female priest to be ordained in Italy. Ref. Source 6

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Pope Francis creates a commission to study the eventual possibility of female deacons in the Catholic church. Ref. CNN.