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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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Bishops urge faithful to mark Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
Friday, 18 November 2011Parishes asked to pray for Queen on Trinity Sunday
New movement says founder was an abuser
Thursday, 17 November 2011The Community of the Beatitudes, based in France, admits sexual abuse was committed by its founder and other senior figures
Benetton withdraws advert of Pope kissing Muslim leader
Thursday, 17 November 2011Vatican spokesman said advert showed ‘a serious lack of respect for the Pope’ and was offensive to Catholics
US ordinariate to be created on January 1, says cardinal
Wednesday, 16 November 2011Cardinal Wuerl says 67 Episcopal priests have submitted dossiers seeking ordination in the Catholic Church
Vatican cardinal urges priests to spice up ‘dull, irrelevant’ sermons
Thursday, 10 November 2011Cardinal Ravasi says priests should use dramatic stories and imagery from the Bible to add colour to their homilies
Court rules that Church is liable for crimes of priests
Thursday, 10 November 2011Ruling defines the relationship of a priest to his bishop as that of employee to an employer
Ealing Abbey to hand over control of school
Wednesday, 9 November 2011Benedictines will no longer run school in west London following allegations of clerical sex abuse said to have occurred over 20 years
Interim director takes over at the Catholic Education Service
Friday, 4 November 2011Fr Marcus Stock, general secretary of the bishops’ conference, has taken over as interim director
Ireland to close embassy to Holy See
Friday, 4 November 2011Ireland’s foreign minister says closure is for economic reasons and is not related to the Cloyne report row
Pope prays G20 summit will help world’s poor
Thursday, 3 November 2011Benedict XVI also talks about death and eternal life at weekly general audience
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