Tax letter is former Italian prime minister’s final attempt to win over undecided voters before Sunday general election
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Charlemagne: When cynics rule
Public disenchantment with mainstream politics could prove decisive in two of Italy’s key regions
Mario Monti and Ipson de la Boccon
WHAT do Ipson de la Boccon, a horse, and the bejewelled archbishop of Bari have to do with the Italian general election campaign?
A black pope could result in mixed message over priestly celibacy
Objections to homosexuality would clash with cultural suspicions of a man without a woman in his life
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The papal resignation is an ecclesiastical earthquake. How the church interprets it will shape its future
Pope will be picked for ability to tackle Catholic church’s biggest problem
Main challenge for Benedict’s successor could be the divisions within the Vatican, rather than secularism or abuse scandals
Pope Benedict XVI’s shock resignation breaks ‘600-year taboo’
Pope Benedict, whose eight-year rule was characterised by theological conservatism and what critics said was complicity in the cover-up of clerical sexual abuse, blames health problems
Pope Benedict XVI resignation leaves princes of the church speechless
Vatican City shocked as man seen as God’s representative on Earth announces he is giving up on job
Pope Benedict’s declining strength quells conspiracy theories
While announcement took Holy See by surprise Vatican insists that it was the 85-year-old’s own personal decision to step down