An alleged victim of sexual abuse by the late Mgr John Day, who is thought to have abused hundreds of girls and boys in Mildura in the 1960s and 70s, is to make a claim against the Diocese of Ballarat.

Just two months after arguing that Turkey should be excluded from membership of the European Union, Cardinal Ratzinger has attacked Sweden's secular anti-hate laws as intolerant.

An international group of theologians has called on religious leaders worldwide "to recognize and support families in all their diversity" just as the Vatican restated the superiority of the traditional family structure.

Catholics must speak out against the insidious activities of Jews for Jesus, who target Jews in order to convert them to Christianity, according to Sister Marianne Dacy, Executive Secretary of the Council for Christians and Jews.