# pope-benedict-xvi - Friday 21 December, 2012
# Gay Marriage
# Gay Marriage
He said, “when God is denied, human dignity also disappears”.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Monday 17 December, 2012
# Gay Marriage
# Gay Marriage
“Why repeat the same mistake and chase after an unattainable utopia?” read the daily’s front-page editorial.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Sunday 16 December, 2012
# Vatican
# Vatican
Demonstrators held placards condemning homophobia after Pope Benedict said same-sex unions “destabilise marriage”.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
# Pontifex
From The Daily Edge
# Pontifex
He finally tweeted! But he hasn’t told us whether he likes sausages yet.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Monday 10 December, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
Social media is all about debate and dissent, writes Fr Tony Flannery – so perhaps it can teach the Vatican a lesson.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Monday 3 December, 2012
# Pontifex
From The Daily Edge
# Pontifex
“Shark Week’s going off on the Discovery Channel.” Twitter welcomed Benedict XVI in its own special way…
# pope-benedict-xvi - Saturday 24 November, 2012
# Catholic Church
# Catholic Church
The Bishop-elect William Crean, from Kerry, has said he had accepted the post with “considerable trepidation”.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Sunday 18 November, 2012
# Doooooooom
# Doooooooom
Ding ding ding! It’s round one of Pope Benedict XVI versus the Mayan prophets of doom.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Saturday 10 November, 2012
# Vatican
# Vatican
The court gave Claudio Sciarpelletti a suspended sentence of two months in prison with a probationary term of five years.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Thursday 25 October, 2012
# Vatileaks
# Vatileaks
Paolo Gabriele won’t appeal his conviction, and will go to prison – while a Vatican statement says his sentence is ‘just’.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Wednesday 24 October, 2012
# Vatican
# Vatican
Pope Benedict XVI today announced the unexpected appointment of six cardinals from outside Europe.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Thursday 11 October, 2012
# Vatican Ii
# Vatican Ii
Homily at Mass in St Peter’s Square recalls the changes in Church in 1962 – and Benedict urges the faithful to return to the “letter”.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Saturday 6 October, 2012
# Vatileaks
# Vatileaks
The butler said he had “acted out of visceral love for the Church of Christ and of its leader on earth”.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
# Vatican Leaks
# Vatican Leaks
Paolo Gabriele, 46, faces up to four years in prison if he is convicted of aggravated theft in the worst security breach in the Vatican’s recent history.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Sunday 30 September, 2012
# Vatileaks
# Vatileaks
Vatican judges have refused to admit key evidence in the trial and Gabriele’s hearing has been fixed for Tuesday.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Friday 28 September, 2012
# Vatileaks
# Vatileaks
Vatican watchers believe that Pope Benedict could pardon Paolo Gabriele for leaking sensitive papers to a journalist.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Monday 24 September, 2012
# Enda
# Enda
Checking the Mayo team news? Updating his Facebook? Or taking a sneaky snap? Just what was Enda doing as he checked his phone a number of times during the audience with the Pope on Saturday?
# pope-benedict-xvi - Saturday 22 September, 2012
# Catholic Church
# Catholic Church
It was the first meeting of the pair since Kenny’s landmark speech in the Dáil last July.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Friday 21 September, 2012
# Rome
# Rome
Mario Monti will greet the Taoiseach after meeting with another bailed-out premier, Greek leader Antonis Samaras.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Thursday 6 September, 2012
# Popemobile
# Popemobile
New electric vehicle gets nod of approval from green minded pope.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Sunday 29 July, 2012
# Syria
# Syria
The Pope has appealed for an end to violence as Syria’s army continues its ferocious attacks on the city of Aleppo.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Friday 29 June, 2012
# Vatileaks
# Vatileaks
The pontiff described the “destructive power of evil” affecting the Church as the Vatican battles a series of scandals.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Monday 25 June, 2012
# Vatican
# Vatican
Greg Burke has likened his new role to that of the White House communications advisor.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Sunday 24 June, 2012
# Sitdown Sunday
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# Sitdown Sunday
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Sunday 17 June, 2012
# Daily Fix
# Daily Fix
All the day’s main news, plus a few bits and pieces you may have missed along the way…
# In Pictures
# In Pictures
Enda Kenny and Michael D Higgins joined the crowds at Croke Park today for the closing Mass.
# IEC2012
# IEC2012
“They abused people and undermined the credibility of the Church’s message.”
# pope-benedict-xvi - Friday 4 May, 2012
# Abuse
# Abuse
A report in a newspaper today said the Vatican had turned down Cardinal Brady’s resignation in 2010 – but the Catholic Church says this never happened.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Sunday 8 April, 2012
# Urbi Et Orbi
# Urbi Et Orbi
The full text of Pope Benedict’s Easter morning address the world’s Catholics, as delivered in Rome this morning.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Wednesday 28 March, 2012
# Cuba
# Cuba
The Pope gave an unusually political speech before hundreds of thousands of people in Cuba today.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Monday 26 March, 2012
# Cuba
# Cuba
The Pope was welcomed by Cuban President Raul Castro, who told him that his country favours complete religious freedom.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Tuesday 20 March, 2012
# Apostolic Visitation
# Apostolic Visitation
An Apostolic Visitation sent by Pope Benedict XVI suggests reforming admissions to seminaries, and organisation of dioceses.
# Clerical Abuse
# Clerical Abuse
Pope Benedict’s hand-picked ‘Apostolic Visitation’ will publish a summary of their findings later this morning.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Friday 16 March, 2012
# Eau De Pope
From The Daily Edge
# Eau De Pope
The Pope has commissioned a celebrity perfume-maker to create his own heavenly scent.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Wednesday 14 March, 2012
# Daily Fix
# Daily Fix
Your evening round-up of the day’s biggest news stories, plus the bits you may have missed along the way…
# IEC 2012
# IEC 2012
The secretary-general of the International Eucharistic Congress says the Pope was enthusiastic about the event, but that there is no indication about whether he’ll attend in person.
# IEC 2012
# IEC 2012
The pontiff promotes the International Eucharistic Congress by ringing a bell presented by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Saturday 10 March, 2012
# Gay Marriage
# Gay Marriage
The Pope has denounced the “powerful” US gay marriage lobby, while Catholics in Britain have been urged to defend heterosexual unions.
# pope-benedict-xvi - Tuesday 28 February, 2012
# Spiritual Olympics
# Spiritual Olympics
Ireland is hosting the 50th annual event for the first time since 1932. So, what will go down?
# pope-benedict-xvi - Monday 27 February, 2012
# Catholic Church
# Catholic Church
Pope Benedict also said that infertile couples should shun artificial procreation.
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