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Benedict XVI asks youths to support their priests

Pontiff travels to the Italian town of Sulmona to mark the 800th anniversary of the birth of Pope Celestine V

The Catholic Herald

Benedict XVI: Pope who resigned is a model for today's world

Pontiff marks 800th birthday of 13th-century hermit Pope Celestine V • Watch the video report

What on earth has happened to Cardinal Schönborn?

The one-time defender of orthodoxy has been causing an awful lot of trouble

Christopher Hitchens: a time for reflection?

The 'Scourge of God' has throat cancer. He has my sympathy, and prayers

Francis Phillips

US bishop speaks out on immigration

Bishop DiMarzio intervenes in heated debate

The Catholic Herald

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Augsburg's confessions: the strange case of Bishop Mixa

The bizarre case of a bishop at the heart of the German hierarchy's fiercest public fight

Notre Dame athletics team triumphs a second time

Notre Dame under-12 athletics team won nine medals and became champions for the second year in a row

Christian martyrs for the Islamic world

Fr Martin McGee OSB recalls the remarkable bravery of Christian de Chergé and his fellow monks who suffered martyrdom in Algeria

Fr Martin McGee

Pope deplores police raid on Belgian Church

Police opened tombs, searched the home of a retired cardinal and detained bishops for nine hours