A relic of bones of an early pope was given to the Catholic Church after it was stolen from a car and recovered by a waste disposal company.

50 years after publication of Humanae Vitae, "so much has unfolded in our society that has been to the detriment of human life and love," the statement said.

Communion is exclusively for Catholics in a state of grace and not something to be shared between friends, said Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze.

The 23-month-year-old died on April 28 from complications of a degenerative brain condition.

A group of doctors has criticized the refusal of some of their colleagues and a court to allow Alfie Evans to travel to Italy for treatment as "medical tyranny."

Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster suggested that children would find their “greatest joy” by accepting their biological sex.

Local councils in London, Birmingham, Portsmouth and Manchester are considering establishing buffer zones around abortion clinics.

U.K. Catholic leaders urged the British government to accept more child refugees from northern France after reports that hundreds of young people are being forced to sleep outdoors in low temperatures.

The order follows repeated requests for the group to drop its new policy of permitting doctors to perform the euthanasia of "nonterminal" mentally ill patients on its premises.

"In all my work with African countries, I don't know of any which is screaming, 'Come and help us, we have this abortion crisis.'"