Catholic Church

By Geoffrey Robertson - 08 September 19:48

The Catholic Church claims the privileges of statehood, which gives it huge advantages over other re

By Sholto Byrnes - 25 August 11:57

Claudy bombings cover-up shows sorry is the hardest word for the Catholic hierarchy — yet again.

New Statesman
By John Cornwell - 01 April 8:11

The worldwide scandal of Catholic paedophile priests threatens to become the gravest crisis in the modern history of the Church. As Pope Benedict XVI prepares to visit Britain to beatify Cardinal Newman, we look at the life of this humane Catholic convert.

Pope Benedict XVI. Photograph: Getty Images
By John Cornwell - 12 February 11:29

The Pope is emerging as an ultra-reactionary. First he antagonised Muslims. Now he has outraged Jewish groups by favouring a Holocaust denier.

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