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Vatican makes it easier to punish abusive priests

New norms also strengthen penalty for attempting to ordain women as clergy

Medjugorje ‘seers’ could be called to Vatican

Commission may question six alleged visionaries

Vatican to strengthen child abuse norms

Revisions will also add the attempted ordination of women to list of most serious crimes against Church law

Vatican’s chief auditor oversees reform of the Legion

Archbishop Velasio de Paolis confirmed as papal delegate to Legionaries

The Pope won’t be flying with British Airways

The detail emerged as the Holy See formally announced the Pope’s state visit

Slew of new faces in new places

The Vatican announces appointments to major curial positions

Pope says greatest danger to the Church is from within

Pope makes forthright remarks about state of the Church

Benedict calls in Schönborn and Sodano

Unusual Vatican statement takes Archbishop of Vienna to task

Time to stop the Christian exodus from the Middle East, says Vatican

The plight of Christians in the Middle East is threatened by an “extremist current” of “political Islam” and is being ignored by the world, the Pope has said ahead of a new Vatican report