The owners of a right-wing Catholic website have agreed to pay $500,000 to a Manchester priest for several articles lawyers say besmirched his reputation.
A high-ranking priest in the New Hampshire Catholic Church was deemed a “limited-purpose public figure” for part of his defamation lawsuit against a right-wing Catholic website, according to a state
Edward Pentin began reporting on the Pope and the Vatican with Vatican Radio before moving on to become the Rome correspondent for EWTN's National Catholic Register. He has also reported on the Holy See and the Catholic Church for a number of other publications including <em>Newsweek</em>, <em>Newsmax,</em> <em>Zenit</em>, <em>The Catholic Herald</em>, and <em>The Holy Land Review</em>, a Franciscan publication specializing in the Church and the Middle East. Edward is the author of <a href="https://www.ewtnreligiouscatalogue.com/the-next-pope-the-leading-cardinal-candidates/p/BKPOP03118"><em>The Next Pope: The Leading Cardinal Candidates</em></a> (Sophia Institute Press, 2020) and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rigging-Vatican-Synod-Investigation-Extraordinary-ebook/dp/B014QC51DI"><em>The Rigging of a Vatican Synod? An Investigation into Alleged Manipulation at the