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Dictator Pope author: suspension from Order of Malta 'wholly illegal'

The Order of Malta defended its procedure, saying that Sire's superior had been 'involved'

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Confession is not like 'going to the dry cleaners', Pope Francis says

Confession is like God's loving embrace, the Pope said

Pope urges revival of traditional devotion to Five Holy Wounds of Christ

'Jesus Christ does not appear to his disciples without his wounds,' the Pope said

'Dictator Pope' author Henry Sire suspended from Order of Malta

Sire, a longstanding member of the Order of Malta, was revealed as the author earlier this week

Picasso: The atheist obsessed with the Crucifixion

What inspired Picasso to create multiple images of this most Christian of events?

The scary truth about young Europeans and the Church

New figures show the scale of the challenge facing the bishops at this year's youth synod

The Catholic who could succeed Angela Merkel

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer brings her faith into the public square. Will it stop her speedy rise to the top of German politics?

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Cardinal Keith O’Brien dies aged 80

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Prostitution is ‘torture’, Pope tells youngsters

Polish bishops deplore rise in anti-Semitism

Mob manhandles nuns in attack on hospital

Vatican pays tribute to Hawking

Criticisms hurt Francis, says aide

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