Pope Benedict XVI announces resignation
Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he will resign, the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years.
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Vatican editorial criticises same-sex family structure
The Vatican stressed that children should be raised by a father and mother after Italy’s top appeals court granted a gay mother custody of her son.
Pope pardons butler as ‘paternal gesture’, expels him from Vatican
The pope has pardoned his former butler, who was sentenced to 18 months in jail for leaking secret papal memos, but banished him from the Vatican.
‘Twilight’: The S&M fantasy for teens
The "Twilight" novels have sold more than 100-million copies and are considered so significant that the Vatican has attacked them.
Vatican convicts computer expert in Vatileaks case
A Vatican court has convicted a computer programmer of helping the Pope’s butler leak confidential papers in a scandal that embarrassed the Vatican.
Case against Pope’s former butler adjourned
The case against Paolo Gabriele, in which he is accused of stealing and leaking documents alleging corruption in the Vatican, has been adjourned.
Melinda Gates challenges Vatican on contraception
Billionaire philanthropist Melinda Gates has vowed to dedicate the rest of her life to improving access to contraception across the globe.
Pope picks US reporter to fox up Vatican’s image
A Fox News reporter has been chosen to polish the Vatican’s image amid signs of a power shift in the upper echelons the Roman Catholic Church.
Pope scrambling to ‘restore trust’ in the church following Vatican leaks
The Pope has called for a series of meetings to "restore trust" in the church after documents exposing corruption in the Catholic Church were leaked.
Vatican has a cadenza over nun’s sex guide
The Vatican is in a fit of pique over a book written by a feminist nun that praises female masturbation and other "deviant" and "depraved" behaviour.
No respite for Pope Benedict as more documents published
The Pope is looking for a break from Vatileaks, which has seen his butler arrested on suspicion of releasing dozens of letters alleging corruption.
Faithful Catholics welcome scandal-weary pope in Milan
Thousands of young Catholics have greeted the Pope in Milan in a welcome distraction from Vatican infighting for the aged pontiff.
US nuns fight back against Vatican crackdown
US Catholic nuns have rejected a Vatican assessment that they have fallen under the sway of feminism and needed to hand control to a trio of bishops.
Vatican denies cardinal is part of Vatileaks scandal
The Vatican has denied reports that an unnamed cardinal is suspected of being a leading mole behind leaks of confidential papal documents.
A holy leak – Pope’s butler arrested for leaking documents
One of Pope’s butlers has been arrested for allegedly leaking documents that have been published in new book which harshly criticises the Vatican.
Vatican rubbishes corruption claims
The Vatican fiercely rejected claims by one of its archbishops of widespread corruption and waste in the management of the Holy See.
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Italy unites to condemn crucifix ruling
Italian leaders of left and right united on Wednesday to condemn a court ruling that crucifixes displayed in schools are a breach of human rights.
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Women’s Day marks crisis of poverty and violence
Women rallied worldwide on Sunday to demand equal rights and protest against domestic violence and growing poverty in the global economic crisis.
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Cardinal Pio Laghi: ‘Perhaps I wasn’t a hero’
As the Pope’s man in Washington, Cardinal Pio Laghi formed close ties with the White House.
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Pope: Progress won’t save humanity
Humanity will not be saved by progress, science or political revolution, but only in the collective hope offered by Christianity, Pope Benedict XVI said on Friday in a theological letter setting out his views on faith. The ”Spe Salvi [Saved by Hope]” encyclical is the second of his papacy and intended as a guidance for the worldwide Roman Catholic flock.
