Conservative MP for Portslade and Hove has ‘over-stepped the mark’, says Bishop Kieran Conry
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Tory MP urges Cameron to crack down on churches that refuse to hold same-sex ceremonies
Pharmacists who object to handing out pill could lose job
Chemists say new guidelines take away their right to refuse to handle such drugs
Jesuits sell ancient Gospel to British Library for £9 million
The St Cuthbert Gospel is believed to be the oldest intact book produced in Europe
Archbishop Nichols: marriage is a public good
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
Western governments are refusing to accept that condoms are ineffective in curbing the disease, according to Catholic Truth Society report
Allied diplomats urged Pius XII to stay silent about Nazi deportations
US and British diplomats feared that the Pope’s criticism of German and Russian war crimes could threaten a fragile alliance
Bishop in Egypt criticises police after violence leaves 12 dead
Mob in Cairo hurl firebombs at churches and shoot at Christians in an outbreak of violence lasting several hours
Ordinariate comes to life in Holy Week
Nearly 1,000 members of new ordinariate start life as Catholics after Holy Week receptions
English bishop urges restraint in Libya mission
Bishop of the Forces says military intervention must only serve to ‘defend the defenceless’
Pope: Jewish people must never again be blamed for crucifixion
In his forthcoming book on Jesus, Benedict XVI says mob does not represent Jews, but sinful humanity







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