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Spanish artist faces prison over film made in 1978
Monday 28 May 2012
One of Spain's leading underground artists is due to appear in court today facing up to a year in prison over a film short he made in 1978 on "how to cook Jesus Christ".
Observations: Literary lessons from N F Simpson - an absurdly good playwright
Saturday 26 May 2012
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Top priest testifies in abuse trial
Saturday 26 May 2012
The child abuse scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church in the United States turned a new page this week as Monsignor William Lynn, of the Philadelphia Archdiocese, below, testified at his trial on charges of child endangerment and conspiracy.
Vatican denounces 'criminal' leaks
Sunday 20 May 2012
The Vatican has denounced as “criminal” a new book of leaked internal documents that shed light on power struggles inside the Holy See and the thinking of its embattled top banker, and warned that it would take legal action against those responsible.
Sectarian bullying still rife in Northern Ireland workplaces
Saturday 19 May 2012
Catholics and Protestants report intimidation from colleagues at work in trade union survey
Irish Catholic leader offers apology over priest's child abuse
Tuesday 08 May 2012
The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland has apologised to a victim of paedophile priest Fr Brendan Smyth.
Rebecca Tyrrel: 'If James Murdoch asked the Pope to pray for his career, it appears not to have worked'
Saturday 05 May 2012
Who knew that, during the Holy Father's 2010 visit to Britain, James Murdoch made a £100,000 donation towards funding the trip, and wasgranted a private audience with the Pope. See this as either a weirdcoincidence or even a Papal miracle, but please do not regard it as anything so vulgar as buying access. That is not, has never been, and never will be the Murdoch family's way.
Irish deputy PM Eamon Gilmore adds to pressure on Cardinal Brady
Thursday 03 May 2012
Ireland's deputy prime minister Eamon Gilmore added to the pressure on the country's most senior cleric Cardinal Sean Brady today over his role in a secret child abuse inquiry.
Head of Ireland's Catholics refuses to quit over child abuse scandal
Thursday 03 May 2012
The beleaguered head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Cardinal Sean Brady, has vowed to stay on as he attempted to distance himself from a secret inquiry into one of the country's most dangerous paedophiles.
Police urged to probe priest abuse claims following Cardinal Sean Brady's resignation refusal
Wednesday 02 May 2012
Police should investigate the latest child sex abuse allegations to hit the Catholic Church, Amnesty International has said.
Child sex abuse in the Church: alliance demands full inquiry
Thursday 19 April 2012
Anglican and Catholic churches have lost the right to police themselves, say victims
Irish Catholics rejecting church doctrine
Saturday 14 April 2012
Vast majority surveyed say Vatican's teachings on sex and marriage are no longer relevant
Scores killed as church roof collapses in Nigeria
Monday 09 April 2012
Twenty-two people have been killed and 36 injured when the roof of a Catholic church in rural Nigeria collapsed during services.
Williams attacks exclusion of RE in his final Easter sermon
Monday 09 April 2012
Outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury and Catholic leaders take on highly charged political subjects
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