Tags: Pope
Victims of historic child sex abuse speak out, after Catholic Church refuses to accept “liability” for the crimes of their priests
Posted: Mon, 10 Nov 2014
The Catholic Church is refusing to accept "liability" for long-term sex abuse that went on at the Mirfield Junior Seminary, despite paying out £120,000 to eleven victims of child sex abuse. Read More »
Pope adds to the pressure on Poland to reverse its ban on ritual slaughter
Posted: Tue, 03 Sep 2013
The Pope has promised Jewish and Muslim leaders in Poland that he will do his best to overturn the ban on religious slaughter that was agreed by the Polish Constitutional Court in January. Read More »
Poll shows widespread European indifference to the reign of Ratzinger
Posted: Fri, 01 Mar 2013
Most people think that Pope Benedict XVI – who ceased to be head of the Catholic Church yesterday – and his leading Catholic bishops have not been influential in their societies. Read More »
Pope gives personal backing to Europe wide anti-abortion push
Posted: Wed, 06 Feb 2013
The Pope has given his personal support to a campaign being run by right-wing Catholics to have abortion "defunded" throughout the European Union. Read More »
Pope renews attack on IVF
Posted: Fri, 02 Mar 2012
Speaking at a conference on infertility in Rome, the Pope has renewed his attack on IVF treatments. He said artificial methods of getting pregnant were 'arrogance', insisting that sex between a husband and wife was the only acceptable way of conceiving. Read More »
Pope attacks ‘radical secularism’ and orders US bishops to twist the arms of politicians over abortion
Posted: Thu, 19 Jan 2012
The pope has again railed against what he sees as the dangers posed by "radical secularism". Read More »
Spending public money on proposed Catholic jamboree in London will be vigorously protested
Posted: Wed, 18 Jan 2012
A priest in the Diocese of Westminster has begun a campaign for London to host the Vatican's World Youth Day in 2016. Read More »
