The Independent's Dominic Lawson writes about how the Pope won a lot of friends on his recent visit to Britain.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be made an official saint of the Roman Catholic Church tomorrow, just 19 years after her death.

Susan Boyle has spoken of her honour at being chosen to sing for Pope Benedict XVI when he visits Glasgow in September.

The Human Rights Commission has bowed to Catholic Church objections to a statement that NZ was a secular state and religion was only for the "private sphere".

At the peak of the Roman Catholic clergy sex abuse crisis, the discipline plan American bishops adopted prompted dioceses to remove nearly all accused clergy from the priesthood.

'I once again express my deep sorrow and offer a sincere and unreserved apology to all victims of sexual abuse,' says Archbishop Denis Hart.

The German Pontiff's favourite recipes are a suicidal mix of fried, buttery and carnivorous pleasures.

Lord Saville's 12-year inquiry into 'Bloody Sunday' delivered the vindication that the people of Derry had been denied.

Pope Benedict XVI has admitted that the Catholic Church itself should bear the brunt of the blame for paedophile priests.

Pope Benedict XVI is planning to make the first general apology for the abuse of children and minors, Vatican sources say.