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Vatican Responds To Media Onslaught
BY JOHN THAVIS THE VATICAN has defended a decision not to laicise a Wisconsin priest who sexually abused deaf children, despite the recommendation of his bishop that he be......
Pope Talks To Young People About Reality Of Eternal Life
POPE BENEDICT XVI and 75,000 young people gathered under the stars in St Peter’s Square last week to discuss the meaning of eternal life. The Pope told the crowd on the feast of......
Vatican Puts War Archives Online
HISTORICAL Vatican documents, including material regarding the role of the Church during the Second World War, are now available on the official Vatican website. Thousands of......
Cardinal Praises Turin Shroud
THE SHROUD of Turin, which will go on display in April, offers a complete understanding of the suffering Christ went through on the cross, an Italian cardinal has said. Pilgrims......
Mongolian Church Grows
BISHOP Wenceslao Padilla of Ulan Bator, the Mongolian capital, has spoken of his joy at seeing Mongolia’s “baby Church grow into maturity”. “I take delight in observing the......
Religious Intolerance ʻgrowingʼ
THE INCREASING incidence of religious intolerance in many parts of the world makes it clear that governments and international organisations need to step up protection of the......
Papal Preacher: Abuse Crisis Will Purify Church
BY CAROL GLATZ AMID difficult moments facing the Church, bishops, priests and deacons are called to conversion and to have hope in the future, the preacher of the papal......
Vatican: Church In China Must Seek Unity
BY STAFF REPORTER A VATICAN commission has called for greater unity among Chinese Catholics and asked bishops there not to engage in acts that “contradict communion with the......