The leader of Poland’s Catholic Church, who has come under a wave of condemnation by appearing to suggest that children are partly to blame for being sexually abused by priests, is under new fire for falsely claiming he had been given a prestigious award from Cambridge University.

Poland’s Catholic Church has said it will not pay compensation to victims of priests who sexually abused children.

Popes John XXIII and John Paul II will be declared saints at a ceremony on Apr 27 that might see two living popes honouring two dead ones.

A bishop from northern Poland has resigned after being charged with causing an accident while driving under the influence of alcohol, a church spokesman said today.