Pope Benedict XVI plans to discuss the Iraq war and the plight of Christians in Iraq when he meets US President George Bush for the first time this week, the Vatican’s second in command said today.

A MAJORITY of people accessing the services of an abuse survivors’ group are male, a situation possibly unique to Ireland, the organisation’s director said yesterday.

CHILD sex abuse victims seeking compensation from the Catholic Church will not have full access to its property porfolio worth billions of euro.