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• Euthanasia should be banned across Europe, rules Council

  Monday, January 30th, 2012

  Strasbourg-based organisation announces that assisted suicide “must always be prohibited”

• Vatican to investigate Cause of British nun who hid Jews from Nazis

  Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

  File on Mother Riccarda is sent to the Vatican to be studied by historians and theologians

• Court rules that Church is liable for crimes of priests

  Thursday, November 10th, 2011

  Ruling defines the relationship of a priest to his bishop as that of employee to an employer

• The Tyburn Tree bears abundant fruit

  Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

  A new film shows the amazing growth of a contemplative order whose convent stands near the notorious execution spot, says Simon Caldwell

• Judges are biased against Christians, says archbishop

  Friday, September 9th, 2011

  Archbishop Smith says courts are wrongfully penalising Christians by incorrectly interpreting human rights laws

• Tory MP urges Cameron to crack down on churches that refuse to hold same-sex ceremonies

  Thursday, September 8th, 2011

  Conservative MP for Portslade and Hove has ‘over-stepped the mark’, says Bishop Kieran Conry

• Pharmacists who object to handing out pill could lose job

  Monday, August 15th, 2011

  Chemists say new guidelines take away their right to refuse to handle such drugs

• Jesuits sell ancient Gospel to British Library for £9 million

  Thursday, August 4th, 2011

  The St Cuthbert Gospel is believed to be the oldest intact book produced in Europe

• Archbishop Nichols: marriage is a public good

  Monday, June 13th, 2011

  Marriage is not just a private arrangement, says Archbishop of Westminster in an address to 500 married couples

• West’s Aids strategy is a failure, says new report

  Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

  Western governments are refusing to accept that condoms are ineffective in curbing the disease, according to Catholic Truth Society report