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Corruption probe reaches Cardinal Sepe
The cardinal Archbishop of Naples will cooperate with a corruption investigation, the Vatican has said, after the Church was dragged into the biggest scandal facing Italy in years. Police investigating...
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Morning Catholic must-reads: 04/10/10
Benedict XVI urged young Sicilians not to be lured by the Mafia during his visit to the island yesterday. Bishops in the Philippines have said they may call for “civil disobedience” if the...
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Vatican newspaper criticises Berlusconi for joke about Jews
The Vatican newspaper has criticised Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for telling a “deplorable” joke about the Jews and the Holocaust. Mr Berlusconi, chatting with supporters outside his home,...
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Today’s Catholic must-reads: 19/01/11
Benedict XVI discussed the “four pillars of Christian unity” at his general audience this morning (video). The Italian bishops’ newspaper, Avvenire, has urged Silvio Berlusconi to shed light on new...
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Morning Catholic must-reads: 21/01/11
Cardinal William Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has flown to Bangalore to discuss concerns about Indian theologians with the country’s bishops. Cardinal Tarcisio...
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Banning Mugabe would drag the Vatican into a diplomatic minefield
Blessed John Paul II, pray for us! Like millions of Catholics all over the world I am absolutely overjoyed by the beatification of the Blessed John Paul II. I remember thinking at the time of his death...
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The model who gave up Chanel for a life of prayer
As Silvio Berlusconi grapples with the greatest crisis the Italian republic has ever seen, a member of his extended family has gone on a long retreat to Medjugorje. Ania Golędzinowska, the Polish...
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Cardinal condemns Berlusconi scandals
The head of the Italian bishops’ conference has condemned the “licentious behaviour and improper relations” of Italy’s political class, in what was seen as the strongest Church criticism to date of...
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The Amanda Knox case is an indictment of Italian justice
It has been a good day for Amanda Knox and all who wish her well, and the same goes for Raffaele Sollecito. But it has been a pretty bad day for virtually everyone else. First, Italian justice suffers...
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At last, Berlusconi is to resign. But it’s a mystery he lasted so long
At last, Silvio Berlusconi is to resign! No doubt Italians everywhere are taking down their dancing shoes and buying in the spumante against the day the old rascal finally goes. E J Thribb, the famous...
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If only David Cameron would follow the example of the Italian prime minister
The recent news that Meriam Ibrahim and her family have arrived in Rome and been received by the Pope will come as a pleasant surprise to many. Clearly the Italians have been at work behind the scenes....
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Italian voters may be about to reject the Church’s words on immigration
On Sunday 4th March there is going to be a general election in Italy which may well see the return of Silvio Berlusconi to power. Well, not exactly, for nothing is simple in Italy. Berlusconi is banned...
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