Pope Benedict

Liam O’Flaherty led the armed four-day occupation 100 years ago this week

Pope attacks investigators for ‘remarkable level of bias’ while claiming ‘vague memory’

Investigators dismiss as ‘not credible’ Benedict’s claims he did not attend key meeting

Pope heard testimony from migrants who have faced prejudice and rejection

Pope to be briefed by Cypriot president on ending the division of the island

Breda O'Brien: Pope's presumption of bad faith on part of those who attend the Mass is worrying

A trial before the Vatican’s criminal tribunal begins this month, those charged include four former Vatican officials and Cardinal Angelo Becciu

First two marriages of Britain’s first Catholic prime minister not seen as valid by Church

Already under attack from the Catholic right, Pope Francis has now also alienated staunch supporters among Church liberals

Interview: ‘My worst day came early on, when I met the parents of a victim. That shattered me’

Austen Ivereigh has produced an unusual collaboration with Pope Francis

Senior clerics found to have downplayed or dismissed allegations in damaging reports

Idea church cannot live with gay civil unions is unacceptable, Archbishop of Dublin says

Questions arise over origins of shock endorsement of civil unions for gay people

Traditional church teaching considers homosexual acts ‘intrinsically disordered’

Pope Francis hopes deaths may not be ‘tragedy from which we learn nothing’