A spokesman for Cardinal Danneels says his remarks have been taken out of context

Miners convert part of their shelter into a shrine as they brace themselves for another four months underground

The Pope’s former doctoral students were addressed by Archbishop Koch
‘Red Tory’ Phillip Blond speaks at Catholic conference in Italy

Visit organiser points out that Benedict XVI was more popular in Australia than the Olympics
London audience backed the motion ‘The papal visit should not be a state visit’
It will be the first in-depth interview of the Pope since his election in 2005
Bishop Logan is ‘deeply sorry’ that he is unable to take part in the visit

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This week, Tom Knight reports on the crucial role the Knights of St Columba played in John Paul II’s visit in 1982; Simon Dames travels to Gdansk, where 20 years ago the Solidarity trade union was born; and Jack Valero, spokesman for the Birmingham Oratory, argues that the Birmingham Three campaign is harming the Church.
Fr Anthony Symondson SJ describes three new chapels in Birmingham, London and Oxford that will be dedicated to John Henry Newman

Julian Filochowski says the martyred archbishop had a Christ-like boldness

Anna Arco meets an American priest who has agreed, with some reluctance, to take a senior role in the Roman Curia

As the movement marks its 20th birthday Damian Arnold talks to young people whose lives have been transformed by the initiative

Clive Copus and Stratford Caldecott debate the theory of evolution
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