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All The Pope's Men
Page 9 from 20th January 2006For 500 years the Swiss Guard has defended the Pontiff in Rome. Fr Paul Hurley looks at the history of one of the oldest armies in the world 4 H......
He Has Spoken Through The Prophets, But About Whom?
Page 6 from 5th January 2001Personal view Gerard Noel A CCORDING to H Unsener's definitive work on the Epiphany, Das Wihnachfest, there is a distinctly prophetic element in......
Ratzinger And Martini Announce Retirements
Page 1 from 14th September 2001BY BRUCE JOHNSTON Two OF THE most influential figures of the Catholic Church this week announced their retirements. Cardinals Joseph Ratzinger,......
Who Is In Charge Of The Vatican?
Page 5 from 11th February 2005Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Vatican Secretary of State and effectively the city state’s prime minister, is running the administrative side of......
Clerical Outfitters Fight For Papal Cassock Contracts
Page 1 from 4th November 2005BY CHRISTINA FARRELL H AUTE C OUTURE rows, it seems, are not restricted to hissy fits between Parisian fashion houses. It emerged this week that......
Pope’s Plea To God: ‘don’t Do This To Me’
Page 5 from 29th April 2005Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger never wanted to become Pontiff, reports Christina Farrell , but he submitted his will to that of the Creator T HE NEWLY......
Papal Voyeurism
Page 13 from 21st July 2006Heirs of the Fisherman by John-Peter Pham, OUP £10.99 W hat an extraordinary book for OUP to be bringing out at this time, in this year. Heirs of......