The archives relating to Pius XII’s papacy have been long awaited by researchers seeking a better understanding of Vatican policy during World War II, particularly its response to the Holocaust.

Change has been made in order that the Holy Thursday liturgy “might express more fully the meaning of Jesus' gesture in the Cenacle ... His limitless charity.”

"God created human beings and let them develop according to the internal laws that He gave to each one so they would reach fulfilment.”

In wide-ranging interview, Pope says persecution of Christians today “stronger than in the first centuries of Church.”

Ethical shopping promoted by YCW since Bangladeshi factory collapse last year.

Primate of Ireland refuses to respond to polemics of those who caricature two popes.