Irish priest appointed to senior Vatican role investigating abuse
Msgr John Kennedy will examine clerical child abuse allegations after shake-up
Papal duty: Benedict XVI intervention raises question of what to do with a retired pope
The former pope has offered support to conservatives in the church who oppose changes mooted by Pope Francis
Cardinal John Henry Newman might well be the patron saint of ecumenism
Rite & Reason: To be canonised on Sunday he is as much of the Anglican as Roman Catholic tradition
Pontifacts: All the papal questions you never thought to ask
Where can you buy his socks? Which predecessor once put a dead body on trial?
Pope Francis documentary: A film that could buttress the case for sainthood
Director Wim Wenders says pope answered every question ‘spontaneously and in-depth’
Dubliner, who was Protestant, declared ‘Blessed’ by Catholic Church
The priest was reared Protestant and converted to Catholism when he was 35-years-old
Irish priest to head Vatican Congregation disciplinary section
Msgr John Kennedy joined CDF in 2003 under then cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
Pope Francis to make defining statement on family
Key points for devout will be situation of divorced and civilly married on communion
Pope Francis opens Holy Door at Vatican to launch ‘year of mercy’
Symbolic act at St Peter’s Basilica takes place amid greatly increased security
Mary McAleese calls for Yes vote in marriage referendum
Former president has described same sex marriage as a ‘human rights issue’
Pope Francis’s broadside leaves Roman curia shocked and awed
Pope describes administration’s failings as 15 sicknesses
Will homosexuals have to wait as long as Galileo for papal approval?
Rome letter: This synod was not ignored and, for that, Francis can take credit
Pope Francis tries to undo the knots, but opposition remains
Cardinals rule out ‘doctrinal backflips’ and tell the pontiff that even he cannot change church teachings on marriage
Vatican synod should be ‘based on gospel’
Private secretary to Pope Benedict says solutions ‘should not be oriented on spirit of times’
Positive contribution of senior religious must be recognised
Scandalous atrocities of minority have ‘tainted everything’
Benedict denies he was forced to resign as pope
Pope Emeritus anxious to stem speculation he could become problem for successor
Pope Benedict has no regrets, aide says
Former pontiff spends days writing, reading, praying and playing piano
Pope has no intention of doing for the church what Gorbachev did for the USSR
If you want to set an original moral compass you don’t belong within any organised religion
Faith and doubt always travel together
Faith is not a leap in the dark but a lamp which guides our steps
Pope proclaims 800 Italian saints
Men were beheaded by Ottoman soldiers for refusing to convert to Islam in 15th century
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