Yad Vashem, Israel’s national Holocaust memorial, has softened its account of Pius XII’s actions during the Second World War after the pope’s supporters protested that its original description was inaccurate.
Pope Benedict will visit Loreto on October 4 to entrust the Synod of Bishops and the Year of Faith to the intercession of the Virgin Mary, local Archbishop Giovanni Tonucci has announced.
Muhammad Shukri wonders if Egypt’s new president, Mohammed Mursi, can win over the country’s beleaguered Christians.
John Allen says that thanks to growing American influence the Vatican today feels like an Italian village “nestled on the Upper East Side of New York”.
Fr Ray Blake applauds Prince Alois of Liechtenstein for threatening to use his veto if the tiny principality voted to legalise abortion.
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