Person: Pope Paul VI.

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columnists

The Vatican and contraception: A question of social relevance

TOMORROW a policy document signed by former president Mary McAleese and 130 other international signatories will reach a UN conference in New York. The document supports efforts by a Catholic lobby group to convince the Vatican to lift a 48-year-old veto on contraception.

business

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

comment-analysis

Pope Francis in danger of talking himself into trouble

world

Five things to know about the Vatican’s family synod

comment-analysis

Pontiff’s style council

Two popes helped put Eastern Europe on the long road to freedom

Cardinal carried out doctrinal crackdowns

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger alienated some Roman Catholics in Germany with his zeal enforcing church orthodoxy. But in the conservative Alpine foothills of Bavaria where he grew up, he remains a favourite son who many think will make a good pope.

Tue, 19 Apr, 2005