Removal of ‘pontifical secret’ in clerical sex abuse trials a step forward for justice
Move brings balance of rights to victim and allows sharing of files with civil authorities
Move brings balance of rights to victim and allows sharing of files with civil authorities
Fear of immigrants can be exploited in terms to support narrow populism says archbishop
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Fifty years ago encyclical laid down terms of church’s ban on artifical contraception
Late pontiff best known for endorsing church’s prohibition on artificial birth control
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