Pope

Britain’s most senior Catholic cleric resigns, hours after the Vatican announces plans to investigate claims of inappropriate behaviour.

The Pope is to resign at the end of February, saying that he no longer has the “strength of mind and body” required to “adequately fulfil the ministry entrusted to me”.

As the Pope announces he will stand down at the end of February, the Archbishop of Liverpool Patrick Kelly tells Channel 4 News Benedict XVI will go down as “one of the very great Popes”.

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?

As Catholics worldwide react to the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, Jon Snow talks to the Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols, the most senior Catholic in England and Wales.

People lined the streets and poured into parks for the Pope’s visit to the UK in 2010 – here’s how Channel 4 News covered the first day of his visit.

With Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation, eyes will now turn to who his successor might be – but who are the runners and riders?

Catholics around the world have reacted with shock to the first papal abdication since the Middle Ages. Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Monti said he was “very shaken” – but what do UK Catholics think?

Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols describes the government’s plan for gay marriage as undemocratic and a “shambles”.

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?

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.

Cardinal Keith O’Brien, one of Britain’s most prominent Catholics, issues a fierce attack on proposals for gay marriage, calling them a “grotesque subversion of a universally accepted human right”.

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.