51.   The Catholic hierarchy was criticised recently for appearing to authorise the building of a convent within the precinct of the former death camp.

52.   The Catholic hierarchy today prefers people to lie rather than be sincere, he said.

53.   The issue has revived old rows between MPs and members of the judiciary and the powerful Catholic hierarchy.

54.   The Moscow patriarchate has accused the Catholic hierarchy of trying to convert Orthodox believers in Russia and the former Soviet states.