Pupil at St Bede’s College wins Catenian speaking competition
Number of Catholics, priests, bishops and deacons all increased in 2009, but number of female religious declined
Archbishop of Bangalore says Christian victims have been turned into the perpetrators, while attackers have been absolved
Pope receives Russian president at the Vatican and exchanges gifts
Pope receives President Dmitry Medvedev at the Vatican
Pope says St John of the Cross is a model of faithful perseverance on the road to spiritual maturity
Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor arrives in Ranchi, east India, to streets lined with welcomers
St Joseph’s College in Trent Vale, Staffordshire, celebrates becoming an academy
Sir Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009, visits the Oratory School to run a workshop on creative writing
Pupils, parents and staff attend candlemas celebration at Stonyhurst College
