Corrupt Practices

The Rev. Andrew M. Greeley dies at 85; outspoken Catholic priest

2013-05-31 00:00:00

A self-described "loud-mouthed Irish priest" ("And may they carve it on my gravestone!" he once quipped), the Rev. Andrew M. Greeley rejected a conventional definition of his vocation. Denied a parish, the Roman Catholic priest created his own pulpits...

The church is more than the pope

2013-03-12 00:00:00

The international media are focused on a smokestack above the Sistine Chapel, waiting for white smoke to signal the election of a new pope. As usual, however, the media are looking at the Roman Catholic Church through the wrong end of the telescope. The...

Letters: Changing the Church

2013-02-14 00:00:00

Re "What went wrong in the Catholic Church?," Opinion, Feb. 10 For centuries the Roman Catholic Church was the most important entity in the Western world. As wealth and power can corrupt people, so it was with the church. Throughout the ages, supposed...

Trial of Pope Benedict XVI's butler begins at Vatican

2012-09-29 07:33:29

Pope's butler to stand trial in scandal over leaked Vatican documents

2012-08-13 07:53:43

California Legislature on the verge of major achievements

2009-09-03 00:00:00

The Legislature is on the verge of two major achievements -- on prisons and water -- if lawmakers can be calm and rational during the final week of this year's regular session. That means cooling the heated rhetoric -- particularly the staff-produced...

Producers found guilty in Thai film festival bribery case

2009-09-17 08:53:28

Gangland L.A. in the 1950s, via pulp nonfiction

2009-11-09 21:33:36

Sweeping Riverside County corruption probe includes charges against 4 of 5 San Jacinto council members [Updated]

2009-11-12 16:33:45

Live chat: spirituality and tests of faith

2007-07-24 14:48:56

2007-07-24 13:03:20.0 Administrator2: We'll begin now -- welcome Bill, and thanks for chatting! 2007-07-24 13:04:09.0 JayH: Hi Bill! My first question is: have you felt at all like a lot of people, whether acquaintances or complete strangers, have made...

Patt Morrison for president!

2007-02-15 00:00:00

MY FELLOW Americans: Today I am announcing that I am not testing the waters. I am not forming an exploratory committee. I am not studying the possibility. I am not embarking on a listening tour. I am running for president of the United States. I am not...

He had faith in his job

2007-07-21 00:00:00

WHEN Times editors assigned me to the religion beat, I believed God had answered my prayers. As a serious Christian, I had cringed at some of the coverage in the mainstream media. Faith frequently was treated like a circus, even a freak show. I wanted...

"I don't think she's a very moral person," said Britton Gore, a 28-year-old attorney who lives in Federal Hill and would like to see Dixon leave office. "She can't be any worse than Marion Barry," said Gore, but "it doesn't reflect well for the city and coincides with the political corruption you

2009-12-03 00:00:00

The four San Jacinto City Council Members Facing Corruption Charges

2009-11-12 00:00:00

Men converse on a bench in Freetown. A lack of infrastructure has hindered economic development in the capital, where vehicles inch along narrow roads jammed with pedestrians. There are no traffic lights.

2009-11-11 19:13:38