New norms also strengthen penalty for attempting to ordain women as clergy
Topic: clerical abuse crisis
Austrian bishops set up commission on abuse
Bishop of St Pölten promises justice for abused
Vatican to strengthen child abuse norms
Revisions will also add the attempted ordination of women to list of most serious crimes against Church law
The Belgian Church is at a troubled juncture
Cardinal Godfried Danneels is questioned for 10 hours as investigators continue on aggressive abuse investigation
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Britain’s reputation is at stake during papal visit, says Lord Patten
Papal visit ‘will put an end to any Catholic feeling like a second-class citizen’
Augsburg’s confessions: the strange case of Bishop Mixa
The bizarre case of a bishop at the heart of the German hierarchy’s fiercest public fight
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Cardinal chastised for critical remarks
Pope talks to Cardinal Schönborn over his critical comments towards a fellow cardinal







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