A WELL-KNOWN Catholic organisation has given awards to two cardinals and a number of bishops who have gone against the Vatican and agreed people threatened with AIDS can use condoms.

War in Iraq is likely to cause “significant chaos and suffering” to ordinary people long after the fighting is over, a leading aid charity warned today.

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Catholic Archbishop of Westminster Cormac Murphy-O’Connor today issued a joint statement expressing doubts about the “moral legitimacy” of a war on Iraq and calling for a continuation of weapons inspections.

A US court hearing to decide whether to stay the execution of a Briton who has spent 16 years on death row was today postponed until next week.

The leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales today defended himself against allegations concerning 10 cases of alleged abuse by priests in his former diocese.

A ROMAN Catholic priest was allowed to continue in ministry despite admitting incidents of sexual abuse with a teenager, the BBC reported yesterday.