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ROME (CNS): A leading Vatican official expressed support for the development of a nuclear energy program in Iran, as long as it serves peaceful purposes...

ROME (CNS): Women religious from around the world have formed a global network aimed at combating human trafficking...

Former secretary general of Caritas Internationalis Duncan MacLaren was in Brisbane recently to deliver the Aquinas Lecture 2007 at Australian Catholic University. Reporter PAUL DOBBYN spoke with him about his experiences and about his topic "Being a good Samaritan in the age of terror".

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Feeding the hungry is not simply a logistical and economic challenge, it is a moral obligation, Pope Benedict XVI said recently...

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Pope Benedict XVI has named 23 new cardinals, including grand master of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, United States Archbishop John P Foley...

Sydney priest Fr Michael de Stoop is keen to promote greater appreciation of the Sacrament of Reconciliation, so much so that he has written a book aimed at people of all ages. Reporter PAUL DOBBYN spoke to him about the book.

VATICAN CITY (CNS): Human beings, including embryos, must never be manipulated or exploited for scientific and medical research, Pope Benedict XVI said...

ROME (Zenit): Next year's jubilee for the 2000th anniversary of St Paul's birth will offer pilgrims the opportunity to gain a plenary indulgence...

GUWAHATI, India (CNS): The sainthood cause of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta could cross its last hurdle if the Vatican approves an allegedly miraculous cure a priest claims he experienced on the 10th anniversary of her death...