Tag: Holy See
Vatican rejects Irish bishops' resignations
The Vatican has refused to accept the resignations of two Irish bishops who offered to quit over the Catholic Church's child sex-abuse scandal.[MORE]
US priest accused of abusing boy defrocked
Pope Benedict XVI has defrocked a US priest accused of sexually molesting a teenage boy more than 30 years ago, the disgraced cleric's Ohio diocese said.[MORE]
Google search for Vatican directed to 'paedophile' site
An Internet search for the Vatican through Google threw up a link to a website called www.pedofilo.com, the Italian word for paedophile.[MORE]
Vatican toughens sexual abuse laws
The Vatican has made sweeping revisions to its laws on sexual abuse of children by priests in its latest attempt to tackle a scandal that has shaken the Church.[MORE]
Vatican radio waves linked to children's cancer
Radio waves from the Vatican have been linked to a higher rate of cancer in children living nearby.[MORE]
Church paedophilia raids 'went too far'
The head of the Catholic church in Belgium has complained that police raids on Church property the previous day during investigations into paedophile priests went too far.[MORE]
Oldest portraits of Christ's apostles found
Archaeologists and art restorers using new laser technology have discovered what they believe are the oldest paintings of the faces of Jesus Christ's apostles.[MORE]
Vatican blesses Blues Brothers
When Jake and Elwood Blues - the protagonists in John Landis's cult classic The Blues Brothers - claimed they were on a mission from God, the Catholic Church apparently took them at their word.[MORE]
Pope begs forgiveness over abuse scandal
The pontiff promises the Catholic Church will do everything in its power to ensure child sexual abuse never happens again.[MORE]
Pope defends priest celibacy
Pope Benedict XVI says celibacy is central to the priesthood, despite concerns from some that the requirement has somehow contributed to the wave of abuse scandals rocking the Church.[MORE]
Pope says Middle East conflict driving out Christians
The Vatican has warned that conflict in the Middle East has driven thousands of Christians out of the region.[MORE]
Priests' 'wives' speak out against celibacy
Pope Benedict XVI, still struggling to repair the damage wrought by a wave of paedophile scandals, now faces a fresh challenge - from women loved and abandoned by Catholic priests.[MORE]
Why the Vatican needs George Pell
Cardinal Pell could soon face a difficult task when selecting someone to fill his position.[MORE]
Thousands back Pope in Vatican rally
More than 150,000 pilgrims turned out at the Vatican on Sunday, police said, in a rally of support for Pope Benedict XVI as he battles a paedophile priest scandal.[MORE]
Bravo, Benedict, bravo! On the finally penitent pope
Yesterday, during a mid-air press conference en route to Portugal, Pope Benedict XVI irreversibly changed the way that Vatican officials and senior church leaders can comment on the sexual abuse scandal that has enveloped the Roman Catholic Church.[MORE]
Church's greatest threat comes from within: Pope
The Pope says the greatest threat to the Catholic Church comes from its own sin rather than external persecution.[MORE]
Pope orders changes after abuse scandal
The Pope sets in motion a series of thorough reforms in a powerful conservative religious order whose founder abused children.[MORE]
Anzacs remembered at Gallipoli
The dawn service has been held at Gallipoli in Turkey, 95 years after the first Anzacs landed there.[MORE]
Britain sorry for papal condoms proposal
Britain's Foreign Office has apologised for a memorandum by a civil servant suggesting Pope Benedict should open a hospital abortion ward when he visits Britain this year.[MORE]
Pope acknowledges sex abuse
Pope Benedict has spoken publicly for the first time about the sex abuse scandal embroiling the Catholic Church.[MORE]
Pope says he leads a 'wounded and sinner' church
Pope Benedict XVI admitted to world cardinals that he led a "wounded and sinner" Church as he marked five tumultuous years in charge, most recently mired in paedophile priest scandals.[MORE]
Pope urges penance for Catholic Church's sins
Pope Benedict says the sexual abuse scandal shaking Roman Catholicism shows the church needs to do penance for its sins, in a rare public reference to paedophilia in the priesthood.[MORE]
Vatican distances itself from prelate's gay remarks
The Vatican's top diplomat has blamed homosexual priests for the child sex abuse scandals rocking the Catholic Church. [MORE]
Pope up for Classical Brit
Pope Benedict, whose voice is features on an album of music from the Vatican, has been nominated for a Classical Brit Award.[MORE]
Dawkins, Hitchens want Pope arrested
Atheist campaigners Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens back a push to have Pope Benedict arrested to face questions over the Catholic Church's child abuse scandal.[MORE]
