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Government cuts threaten integrity of the justice system, warns charity

According to CSAN 61 staff in prisons were subject to disciplinary action for their treatment of prisoners and a further 26 staff were dismissed for their treatment of prisoners. (PA)

CSAN are concerned that proposed government cuts will undermine the dignity of prisoners

Pope Francis renews his appeal for peace in Syria

Man mourns death of relatives as people search for survivors in rubble in Allepo, Syria (CNS)

Pope Francis has said the Church will not abandon the people of Syria

Discover and drive out your ‘inner idols,’ says Pope

Pope holds rosary as he arrives to lead general audience in St. Peter's Square at Vatican

Pope Francis has warned about the dangers of idolatory during his morning homily

Italian journalist to be beatified for helping Jews escape persecution

Focherini died at a Nazi concentration camp from an infection on December 27, 1944 Photo: PA

Odoardo Focherini will be the first Italian beatified for assisting the Jewish people

It is only human to lament suffering, Pope tells faithful

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae at the Vatican earlier this week (Photo: CNS)

Pontiff says that admitting to one’s suffering is not a sin

Archbishop of Canterbury to meet Pope Francis

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby will visit Rome later this month (Photo: PA)

The Most Rev Justin Welby to make “informal” visit to the Vatican on June 14

Speak the language of truth in love, Pope urges faithful

Pope Francis: 'Let us think closely today: what is our language?'

Francis urges Catholics to speak with the directness of children

Catholic bishop attends service marking Queen’s coronation anniversary

Bishop Alan Hopes (Mazur/catholicchurch.org.uk)

Queen Elizabeth II was crowned on June 2 1953

Corrupt Christians cause grave harm to Church, says Pope

The Pope says we should pray for 'grace of not becoming corrupt' (AP)

Francis says the corrupt have become ‘worshippers of themselves’

Vatican official says 100,000 Christians are killed each year because of their faith

Bishop Uzoukwu of Minna, Nigeria, at a funeral for victims of a Christmas church bombing (Photo: CNS)

Archbishop Tomasi cites figure reached by former official at the respected OSCE