Yesterday's new Vatican norms have provoked a welter of comment, notably from Phil Lawler, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Fr Robert Barron, John Allen, Fr John Zuhlsdorf and Robert Ventresca.
Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington explains why the new Vatican norms take the attempted ordination of women so seriously.
The Vatican has failed to send the United Nations a report on child rights that is now almost 13 years overdue, the head of a UN panel has said.
The Vicar General of the Legionaries of Christ had denied reports that the congregation's general director knew about Fr Marcial Maciel's double life.
