Here’s a bonus Pope Watch, updating yesterday’s post: The Vatican has just announced that Pope Benedict will appoint a new leader and oversee restructuring of the Legionaries of Christ, the conservative Catholic order investigated recently due to revelations that its founder, the Rev. Marcial Maciel, had fathered children and abused seminarians.

Links to some of the coverage:

• Pope to appoint new head of disgraced Legionaries order (AFP)
• Pope reins in Catholic order tied to abuse (NYT)
• Pope Benedict to overhaul Legion of Christ (WSJ)
• Pope names envoy, commission to reform Legionaries (AP)
• Fr. Maciel guilty, ‘profound’ revision of Legion needed, report Apostolic Visitors (CNA)

Check back Monday for more updates, and share your thoughts in the Comments section below.

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