Global anti-abuse conference set for the Vatican
Catholic leaders from around the world will meet next week for a conference to combat child abuse which will include a penitential service.
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Clerical celibacy not so gay
Compulsory clerical celibacy rubbished by Christians outside the Catholic church.
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Catholic church raids deplorable, says pope
Groups representing victims of clerical abuse expressed outrage this week after the pope criticised raids on the Catholic church by Belgian police.
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Top-level Catholic sex probe in Ireland
Pope Benedict has appointed controversial retired archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor in sex abuse scandal case.
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UK squirms over Vatican slur
Joker in foreign office forces a grovelling official apology to a defensive Catholic Church.
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Vatican climbdown over sex-abuse remarks
The Vatican was forced into a climbdown after remarks by a senior cardinal linking homosexuality with paedophilia caused an international outcry.
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Bishop 'blames Jews' for criticism of Catholic church
A furious transatlantic row has erupted after a retired bishop suggested Jews were behind criticism of the Catholic church's record on sex abuse.
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