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Pope Benedict and sex abuse: suffer the children?
The evolution of Pope Benedict XVI’s responses to allegations of child abuse by members of the Catholic clergy reflects a growing public awareness of the issue. But has he gone far enough?
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Pope takes to Twitter to answer your questions
The Catholic Church signs the Pope up for his own Twitter account but how many of his 1.2 billion religious followers will be reading his tweets?
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The butler did it – Pope’s valet guilty of stealing letters
Pope Benedict’s one-time closest servant is sentenced to 18 months after being convicted by a Vatican court. But the Pontiff may pardon him.
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Pope’s butler goes on trial for leaking Vatican documents
The former butler of Pope Benedict XVI appears in court in relation to the leaking of sensitive Vatican documents to the media.
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Pope’s former butler to stand trial for theft
Pope Benedict’s former butler Paolo Gabriele, who was arrested last May after documents alleging corruption in the Vatican were leaked, is ordered to stand trial on charges of aggravated theft.
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Benetton ‘sorry’ as it pulls Pope kiss ad
Benetton pulls an advert featuring the Pope kissing an Egyptian imam, part of its “unhate” campaign. But one Catholic tells Channel 4 News the ad does anything but encourage love and tolerance.
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Angry protests as Pope arrives for four-day visit to Spain
The Pope arrives for a four-day visit to Spain which has caused controversy among some who say the cash-strapped state cannot afford it.
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Pope’s Irish Ambassador withdrawn over child abuse response
The Vatican labels reaction to an inquiry into child abuse in the Catholic church “excessive” after recalling the Pope’s ambassador to Ireland.
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Pope John Paul II beatified before Vatican crowd
The late Pope John Paul II moves a step closer to sainthood and is officially beatified at the Vatican before a crowd of over a million people, the largest in Rome since his funeral six years ago.
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Pope condones condoms to stop Aids
The Pope says the use of condoms may sometimes be justified to stop the spread of AIDS and in other situations – a “welcome” clarification, says one young Catholic who spoke to Channel 4 News.
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Pope attacks ‘marginalisation of religion’
The Pope attacks the “increasing marginalisation of religion” in an historic address to MPs after earlier meeting the Archbishop of Canterbury. Alex Thomson looks at the careful words of the Pope.
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Wave of Catholic unity for penitent Pope
Say what you will, they’ve certainly been lucky with the weather where Hyde Park’s doing a good job of living up to still, sunny, Bellahouston Park, in Glasgow, on Thursday.
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Is Pope Benedict's 'deep sorrow' an apology to child abuse victims?
So Benedict has said sorry. Or not. Or has he? The Press Association (and thus much of the media) is writing his words on pederast priests up as an abject apology.
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Pope expresses ‘deep sorrow’ over child abuse
Pope Benedict meets victims and acknowledges the “shame and humiliation” of the child abuse scandal felt by “all of us” within the Catholic church – as thousands fill Hyde Park to greet His Holiness.
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Six men held over Pope terror alert
Six men have been arrested in London over a potential threat to the Pope who spent the day in London on his first-ever state visit to the UK.
