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The Pope cancels a visit to a top Rome university after protests against his views on Galileo.

Some 498 Catholics executed in the Spanish Civil War are honoured in the Vatican's largest-ever beatification.

A dress designed for Miss Mexico in the Miss Universe pageant is toned down after its images of war cause uproar.

Pope Benedict XVI canonises four new saints on the steps of St Peter's Basilica in Rome.

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The Roman Catholic Church used a new boycott tactic to defeat the fertility laws reform, the BBC's David Willey writes.

The Vatican weighs into the burning issue of controls on fertility treatment as Italians vote on it.

At home with the Pope: David Willey peeps behind the Vatican pomp to see the Pope's creature comforts.

France's strict brand of secularism has deep historical roots - but some want to soften it, says the BBC's Henri Astier.

Clashes between Yemeni forces and followers of a rebel cleric continue, despite claims of a government victory.

A US judge rejects a request to block the debut of an Iranian film - widely seen as satirising mullahs - in America.

The makers of a box-office hit widely seen as satirising mullahs take it off the screen following official pressure.

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As the controversial Magdalene Sisters opens in Ireland, BBC News Online takes a look at films that have caused upset with religious groups.

Mel Gibson's film The Passion, is the latest in a long line of movies to arouse strong religious opinions.

Yann Martel's life of travel and interest in different religions helped inspire his fantasy-laden Booker Prize-winning Life of Pi.

Director Peter Mullan, winner of the Golden Lion at Venice, says his film about abusive Catholic nuns is based on "true events".

Peter Mullan wins best film at the Venice film festival for The Magdalene Sisters, his tale of the 1960s ordeal of Irish girls at the hands of nuns.

Supporters of Afghanistan's old king stage an anti-Taleban rally for the first time in Quetta on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.

The Pope beatifies a group of 233 Catholics who died in the Spanish civil war - the largest group to be declared blessed at one time.

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