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End to quota on Catholic recruitment in PSNI

The Northern Ireland Executive will not be allowed to set quotas for the recruitment of Catholics to the Police Service of Northern Ireland when policing and justice are devolved next month.

Traditionalist Anglican US parishes to join Church

Up to 100 traditionalist Anglican parishes in the US have signalled that they wish to join the Catholic Church as a group under the apostolic constitution "Anglicanorum Coetibus”.

Good Friday ban on sale of alcohol defended

A priest and a politician in Ireland have called for a debate over moves in the city of Limerick to have the traditional closure of pubs on Good Friday overturned in order to capitalise on a crunch Magners League rugby match which will take that day.

Pledge to find gangs behind Nigerian massacre

Nigeria’s security forces have been ordered to hunt down the gangs behind the attacks on three villages which left up to 400 Christians dead on Sunday.

Vatican supports probe into German abuse

The Vatican has said it fully supports the efforts of German bishops to investigate claims of child sexual abuse in Catholic institutions, even if the cases are decades old.

Disagreement over control of Irish schools

Ireland’s Catholic bishops and the Minister for Education appear disagree over the level of Catholic control of the primary school sector in the future.