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Vatican officials reject nuncio’s ‘corruption’ charge
Sunday, 5 February 2012Statement makes unusually public rebuke of a high-ranking colleague
Benedict XVI performed exorcism in St Peter’s Square, claims priest
Friday, 3 February 2012
Exorcist Fr Gabriele Amorth claims that papal blessing released two men from possession
Welsh leaders oppose ‘presumed consent’ for organ donations
Friday, 3 February 2012
Church leaders in Wales have criticised government plans to introduce presumed consent for organ donation.
Bishops who mishandle abuse must be accountable, says Vatican official
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Mgr Scicluna says existing canon law should be used to punish Church leaders who are negligent
Benedict XVI: Do not be indifferent to the fate of others
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
In his Lenten message the Pope warns against ‘spiritual anaesthesia’ which numbs people to suffering
Abuse victim tells bishops of her suffering
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
In her address Marie Collins calls for stronger penalties for bishops and other Church leaders who cover up abuse
Catholic MP: thousands of Christians may be killed if Assad regime falls
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Edward Leigh says that Christians have found an ‘oasis of relative calm’ under the ‘nasty’ regime
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Pope appeals for more aid for famine victims
Wednesday, 5 October 2011Benedict XVI says that children in east Africa are dying every day because of the famine
Vatican paper says reported BBC dating change is ‘senseless’
Wednesday, 5 October 2011Front-page editorial says any move to BCE/CE instead of BC/AD is an attempt to deny the west’s Christian roots
Let dispensed priests play active parish role, Vatican urges bishops
Thursday, 29 September 2011Priests who leave their ministry to marry could continue to teach theology and administer the Eucharist, says Vatican cardinal
Zenit director resigns after ‘loss of trust’ in Legionary superiors
Thursday, 29 September 2011Founder of news agency says Legionary officials wanted to identify its work more closely with their order
Cardinal: ordinariate ‘is Pope’s project’
Thursday, 29 September 2011Cardinal Levada urges Catholics to support the ordinariate at a fundraising event in London
Pope says visit to Germany was ‘a festival of faith’
Thursday, 29 September 2011Benedict XVI tells 10,000 pilgrims that faith in Germany ‘is alive, and has a young face’
Cardinal condemns Berlusconi scandals
Wednesday, 28 September 2011Head of Italy’s bishops’ conference criticises ‘wretched and empty’ behaviour of political class
Full text: Pope’s farewell address at Lahr airport
Sunday, 25 September 2011Benedict XVI urges German Catholics to show ‘resolute confidence’
Full text: Pope’s homily at Mass in Freiburg
Sunday, 25 September 2011Benedict XVI celebrates final Mass of four-day German visit
Full text: Pope’s address to young Germans
Saturday, 24 September 2011Benedict XVI tells German youth to be ‘light of the world’
Comment & Blogs
Today's Catholic must-reads: 08/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Dickens is disappointingly thin - give me AN Wilson anytime
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
If a woman is a priest, she can also be a bishop: if she’s not, she can’t. Either way, there is now only one way out for Catholic Anglicans: it’s over the Tiber
By William Oddie
More than any monarch, Queen Elizabeth II understands the spiritual element of her coronation oath
By Francis Phillips
Despite reports of violence, I feel totally safe walking around Mexico
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Is the ‘anthropogenic global warming’ consensus on the point of collapse? If so, this is just the right time for Chris Huhne to leave the Government
By William Oddie
Smacking laws are unworkable products of Left-wing middle class diktat
By Francis Phillips