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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 ‘amused’ by seat belt complaint
Monday, 5 December 2011German complaint called for Benedict XVI to be fined 2,500 euros for repeatedly not wearing a seat belt
For one week all donations to the Passage are doubled
Monday, 5 December 2011Any donation to the homeless charity until Friday will be matched by the Big Give fundraising scheme
MP takes on Government over same-sex regulations
Thursday, 1 December 2011Edward Leigh is seeking to annul regulations which would lift the ban on civil ceremonies being conducted in places of worship
SSPX leader: we cannot accept preamble in its current state
Wednesday, 30 November 2011Bishop Fellay says the Vatican document needs changes before it can be accepted as the basis of reconciliation
Vatican names new nuncio to Ireland
Monday, 28 November 2011Crucial post is given to Mgr Charles Brown, an Irish American who has served for almost 20 years at the CDF
Pope ‘may still visit Ireland next year’ despite diplomatic tensions
Friday, 25 November 2011Delegate of Eucharistic Congress says there are contingency plans in case Benedict XVI does visit
German Church sells shares in publisher amid pornography claims
Thursday, 24 November 2011Dioceses order an immediate sale of shares in Weltbild because of material that ‘contradicts the ideals of the shareholders’
Archbishop says cuts are hitting the vulnerable the hardest
Wednesday, 23 November 2011Archbishop Nichols urges MPs and peers to listen to experts in the field of Catholic social care
Fear is silencing Christians in Pakistan, says archbishop
Wednesday, 23 November 2011Archbishop Saldanha says that after the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti Christians are either leaving the country or keeping their mouth shut
Pope urges African faithful to be ‘apostles of reconciliation’
Saturday, 19 November 2011Benedict XVI signs apostolic exhortation Africae Munus in Benin
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