Event: Second Vatican Council

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Appointing bishops

The Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) has reinforced the strong disquiet that it expressed last year over the failure of the Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Charles Browne, to meet with its members to hear their concerns about the lack of consultation in the appointment of bishops.

business

Time for a renunciation of anti-contraception doctrine by the Catholic Church

news

Dear Pope Francis...

comment-analysis

McAleese cracks the canon law code

world

Pope begins eighth year as leader

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Priests ‘disturbed’ by Vatican silencing

Duff envisaged a moral community of action that never came to pass

Frank Duff: A Life Story

Sat, 20 Aug, 2011

Pope tells cardinals of the ‘fright’ he felt when elected

POPE BENEDICT XVI recalled the “fright” he felt at being elected Pope, telling cardinals during his year-end speech yesterday that he never imagined he would be chosen and only agreed to it because he had great faith in God.

Fri, 23 Dec, 2005

Pope recalls 'fright' at being elected

Pope Benedict XVI recalled the “fright” he felt at being elected pope in an end-of-the-year speech to cardinals today, saying he never imagined he would be chosen and only agreed to it because he had great faith in God.

Thu, 22 Dec, 2005