Christianity should be based on the teachings of Christ who opposed violence and abuses of power. 

Pope Benedict XVI defrocked nearly 400 priests in two years for molesting children, a document obtained by the Associated Press shows.

A top Vatican official has told a UN committee that responsibility for the Magdalene Laundries scandal lies solely with the Irish authorities.

The Vatican has acknowledged that there can be “no excuse” for child abuse, confronted for the first time at length and in public over the global priest sex abuse scandal.

Islamic countries today asked the UN Human Rights Council to examine the question of religious tolerance, saying that Pope Benedict’s remarks on Islam threaten to alienate Muslims from the West.