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Closure for 'Bloody Sunday' - 38 years later
Lord Saville's 12-year inquiry into 'Bloody Sunday' delivered the vindication that the people of Derry had been denied.
Pope admits: Church is to blame for abuse cases
Pope Benedict XVI has admitted that the Catholic Church itself should bear the brunt of the blame for paedophile priests.
Pope poised to make historic apology
Pope Benedict XVI is planning to make the first general apology for the abuse of children and minors, Vatican sources say.
Victim wants church to take responsibility for abuse
A man haunted by childhood memories of sexual abuse at a Catholic orphanage just wants someone to acknowledge there was wrongdoing.
Victim group: Abuse inquiry won't help
Abuse support groups say the investigations into the Catholic clergy abuse allegations are in the best interests of the church, not the victims.
Church scandal: Paedophile monks released
Two monks jailed in NZ's most notorious Catholic sexual abuse scandal have been released on parole after serving less than half their sentences.
Archbishop retreats after unholy row
An war of words between the Catholic and Protestant churches culminated yesterday in an apology from the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Papal ally accused of 'ritual beatings'
The child abuse scandal rocking the Catholic Church widened this week as a leading German bishop personally appointed by Pope Benedict was accused of beating and punching children at a church-run home.
ASA: Jesus' mother sex billboard not offensive
St Matthew-in-the-City is pleased, but not surprised, at the ASA's ruling that its controversial Christmas billboard was not offensive.
Pope considers urgent synod on abuse scandal
An embattled Pope Benedict XVI is coming under mounting pressure to deal with the worsening child abuse scandal.