Last Updated: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 13:20
A UK men magazine cover showing a glamour model posing in a priest`s robe has left millions of Catholics across the US outraged.
Last Updated: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 12:49
A former Roman Catholic Church`s adviser on child abuse has claimed that the church`s priests in Scotland were `out of control sexually` under the leadership of the disgraced Cardinal Keith O`Brien.
Last Updated: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 00:51
Tuesday, March 12, is day from when cardinals from around world will hold conclave at Sistine Chapel to elect leader of world`s 1.2 billion Catholics, after Benedict XVI`s historic resignation.
Last Updated: Friday, March 8, 2013, 07:50
Speculation has mounted that the cardinals would soon set a date for the start of the conclave to appoint Pope Benedict`s successor.
Last Updated: Thursday, March 7, 2013, 08:44
Pope Benedict XVI`s gold papal ring, the symbol of his power used to officially seal documents and ensure their authenticity, has been cancelled.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 11:45
Cardinals and translators taking part in meetings in Rome ahead of a conclave to elect Pope Benedict`s successor have been sworn to silence, the Vatican said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 22:34
The Sistine Chapel closed to visitors and construction work got under way to prepare it for the conclave, where cardinals from around the world will gather to elect the new pope after Benedict XVI`s resignation last month.
Last Updated: Monday, March 4, 2013, 10:41
Britain’s most senior cardinal, who was forced to resign last week, has apologized and admitted that he was guilty of sexual misconduct throughout his career in the Roman Catholic church.
Last Updated: Saturday, March 2, 2013, 14:55
The Vatican authorities have revealed that former Pope Benedict XVI spent his first night in retirement watching TV after dinner and having a stroll around his new house.
Last Updated: Saturday, March 2, 2013, 10:37
Cardinals will begin holding formal meetings starting March 4 as part of their preparations for a conclave to elect the new pope, the Vatican said on Friday.
Last Updated: Friday, March 1, 2013, 23:58
Pope Benedict`s successor needs to be a younger man, the Vicar-General of Rome Cardinal Agostino Vallini said Friday.
Last Updated: Friday, March 1, 2013, 10:57
The Vatican authorities have deleted all of Benedict XVI`s tweets sent from the @Pontifex account in less than 12 hours since the Pope officially resigned.
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