http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:15:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23385/legionaries-of-christ-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23385/legionaries-of-christ-2#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:16:45 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23385 Pope Benedict XVI has ordered a probe into the ultra-conservative Legionaries of Christ after allegations that the order's late founder Marcial Maciel secretly fathered a child.

The leadership recently admitted that Maciel, a cult figure among Legionaries, led a "double life" after the discovery of his liaison with the mother of his daughter.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23385/legionaries-of-christ-2/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23242/marcial-maciel-degollado-legionaries-christ http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23242/marcial-maciel-degollado-legionaries-christ#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:23:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23242 The Legionaries of Christ, an influential Roman Catholic religious order, have been shaken by new revelations that their founder, who died a year ago, had an affair with a woman and fathered a daughter just as he and his thriving conservative order were winning the acclaim of Pope John Paul II.

Jim Fair, a spokesman for the Legionaries, said only: “We have learned some things about our founder’s life that are surprising and difficult for us to understand. We can confirm that there are some aspects of his life that were not appropriate for a Catholic priest.”]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23242/marcial-maciel-degollado-legionaries-christ/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20495/legionaries-of-christ http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20495/legionaries-of-christ#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:52:45 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20495/legionaries-of-christ http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20495/legionaries-of-christ/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19768/gerald-a-renner http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19768/gerald-a-renner#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:31:53 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19768/gerald-a-renner http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19768/gerald-a-renner/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19275/legion-of-christ http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19275/legion-of-christ#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:56:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19275/legion-of-christ http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19275/legion-of-christ/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14725/legionaries-of-christ-conservative-order-faces-tough-future http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14725/legionaries-of-christ-conservative-order-faces-tough-future#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14725/legionaries-of-christ-conservative-order-faces-tough-future/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14712/vatican-disciplines-founder-of-order-over-abuse-charges http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14712/vatican-disciplines-founder-of-order-over-abuse-charges#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14712/vatican-disciplines-founder-of-order-over-abuse-charges/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10132/man-says-religious-order-misled-him http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10132/man-says-religious-order-misled-him#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=10132 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10132/man-says-religious-order-misled-him/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10133/legionaries-of-christ-elect-successor http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10133/legionaries-of-christ-elect-successor#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=10133 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10133/legionaries-of-christ-elect-successor/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10131/controversial-priests-tapped-for-jerusalem-center http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10131/controversial-priests-tapped-for-jerusalem-center#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=10131 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10131/controversial-priests-tapped-for-jerusalem-center/feed 0