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Pope fills see vacant for 13 years
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‘Influencer priest’ announces his departure from the priesthood
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Cardinal Cobo says Madrid has no authority over Valle de los Caídos
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German Catholic parish plans to host “Harry Potter ecumenical service”
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Against lazy Catholicism: Discerning truth from error
Everything the Church teaches is true, but not everything that a bishop asserts is what the Church teaches. Tom Colsy argues in favour of a more discerning approach to episcopal teaching
Thomas Colsy
Pope Leo XIV reverses Francis-era Vatican housing policy
Niwa Limbu
SSPX to proceed with new episcopal consecrations this year
Niwa Limbu
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Thomas Edwards
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Hospitality as a way of life
Between Christmas and Lent, the quiet of ordinary life reveals how thin our social fabric has become and how urgently we need to recover hospitality as a way of life
Noelle Mering
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Caravaggio's the taking of Christ: a masterpiece shaped by violence
Fr Gavan Jennings
The rule of life Christ gave the world
James Bradbury
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St Augustine of Hippo
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Fr Patrick Pullicino
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What Siegfried Sassoon still teaches us about war and conscience
As Britain’s military leadership calls for national mobilisation in the face of new threats, the experience of the First World War offers a sobering reminder of how easily moral certainty can harden into moral blindness
Anthony McCarthy
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Paul Shrimpton
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Thomas Colsy
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Daniel Turner
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Pope Leo: A Bridge-Builder
In his first months, Leo XIV looks like a listener: he calls synodality an attitude of openness, maintains Church teaching on marriage and sexuality, and signals cautious openness to broader Latin Mass celebration. The aim is less polarisation, deeper dialogue, a bridge builder who consults widely and will lead decisively.
The Catholic Herald
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A Lost Chance for Ireland
Elites blocked Maria Steen’s candidacy, narrowing democracy and silencing Catholic conservatives’ voices.
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All Saints’ Eve
Halloween’s vigil confronts death with Christian hope, not fear or superstition today.
The Catholic Herald
AI: helping angel or diabolic machine?
Pope Leo’s warnings and hopes for AI, probing dignity, labour, justice, and Church responsibilities for governing algorithms.
John Cornwell
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Ken Craycraft
Sr Camilla and her merry band of nuns
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Christianity is a civilising force in a polarised world
Niall Gooch
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Nick Ripatrazone
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