One court said the Little Sisters of the Poor need not comply with its July ruling against them while the sisters appeal to the Supreme Court

The Holy Father prayed for catechists at the tomb of St Pius in St Peter's Basilica

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Canon Law makes it clear that funerals should be refused to 'manifest sinners to whom a Church funeral could not be granted without public scandal to the faithful'

Fr Giancarlo Manieri, who celebrated the requiem mass for Vittorio Casamonica, said he was unaware of what was going to happen outside his church

Barrie Schwortz, a leading expert on the Shroud, spoke at the event

Prof William Toffler, a leading Oregon doctor, has said that 'the sick and ageing deserve better'

The Church, rightly perceived, is a thing of divine wonder, even though it so often looks like a thing of earth

A public consultation found that religious programmes are the BBC's least well received radio shows

Pope Francis will be driven through crowds in Washington, New York and Philadelphia next month

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