Pope Benedict XVI’s pastoral letter to Ireland’s Catholics has failed to arrest the scandal engulfing the church.
Pope Benedict apologised on Saturday to victims of child sex abuse by clergy in Ireland and ordered an inquiry there to try to stem a scandal.
The pope attempted to defuse growing anger in Ireland over sex abuse scandals on Wednesday by acknowledging the church had been "severely shaken".
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/ 22 February 2010
Benedict addresses plans for "virtually naked’ passenger images, telling airport bosses personal integrity must be safeguarded.
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/ 2 February 2010
Pope Benedict XVI has condemned British equality legislation for running contrary to "natural law" as he confirmed his first visit to the UK later this year.
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/ 11 January 2010
Pope Benedict XVI called laws ignoring the difference between the sexes an "attack" on creation days after Portugal moved to legalise gay marriage.
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/ 25 December 2009
A woman the Vatican described as unstable jumped over a barricade, lunged at Pope Benedict and dragged him to the floor at the start of his Mass.
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/ 17 December 2009
Bishop of Limerick Donal Murray apologised on Thursday to victims of sex abuse by Irish Catholic priests.
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/ 11 December 2009
Pope Benedict XVI ”shares the outrage” of Irish Catholics over revelations of decades of child sex abuse by priests, the Vatican said on Friday.
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/ 23 October 2009
Tens of thousands of disaffected Anglicans could become Catholics following this week’s decree by Pope Benedict to poach whole Protestant communities.
Web surfers can now send virtual postcards of Pope Benedict XVI to their Facebook friends or follow the pontiff’s travel on their iPhones.
Pope Benedict went to the West Bank on Wednesday, offering Vatican support for a Palestinian state alongside Israel.
Palestinian officials are using Pope Benedict XVI’s visit next week to spotlight their disputes with Israel.
A prestigious medical journal on Friday accused Pope Benedict XVI of distorting scientific evidence to promote Catholic doctrine.
According to student Ayogu, ”he is the Holy Father, and our spiritual leader, his words carry a lot of weight in all aspects of your life.
Even as Pope Benedict XVI said his heart cannot be at peace while people are homeless, critics said thousands have been evicted from church land.
Clashes broke out outside Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris as anti-Aids activists staged protests over the pope’s claims on comments on condom use.
Thousands of Angola’s Catholics lined the streets of the capital for a blessing from Pope Benedict XVI, who urged them to convert people.
Pope Benedict XVI urged Angolans on Friday to continue on the path of reconciliation after nearly three decades of civil war.
Pope Benedict XVI begins a visit on Friday to Angola, where bishops have condemned the grinding poverty amid multibillion-dollar oil revenues.
Pope Benedict XVI urged Cameroon’s bishops on Wednesday to defend the rights of the poor and essential values of the African family.
Pope Benedict XVI headed to Aids-ravaged Africa on Tuesday standing firm against the use of condoms, saying they were not a solution to combatting the
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/ 6 February 2009
Two German catholic groups on Friday appealed to fellow members of the faith to back the pope in the row over a Holocaust-denying bishop.
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/ 2 February 2009
Attacks on the pope’s decision to lift the excommunication of a Holocaust denier escalated on Monday, with a theologian calling on him to step down.
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/ 25 December 2008
Pope Benedict led the world’s 1,1-billion Catholics into Christmas at a midnight mass on Thursday in which he appealed for an end to child abuse.
Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday backed the beatification of his controversial World War II predecessor Pius XII.
Pope Benedict apologised on Saturday for sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Australia, saying those responsible should be brought to justice.
A brothel offering a discount during Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Sydney said on Friday business had more than doubled since the pontiff arrived.
Pope Benedict on Thursday told a huge gathering of young people that they were inheriting a planet whose resources had been scarred and squandered.
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday moved to Sydney’s main Catholic Cathedral as he prepared to take charge of World Youth Day.
Pilgrims on Monday bore a giant wooden cross through the streets of Sydney, where Pope Benedict XVI will preside over World Youth Day.