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Pope Leo tells Angola nursing home residents that the elderly must be heard
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Church halts Fr Walter Ciszek’s path to beatification
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Pope Leo calls for renewed commitment to protect children and vulnerable adults
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Pope Leo XIV warns that Christ must be followed in a spirit of justice
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The latest Irish consultation on school patronage has reopened the divestment debate, but it also raises harder questions about the future character of Catholic education
Ruadhan Jones
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‘The blessedness of peace-making’ from On the Lord’s Sermon on the Mount
St Leo the Great
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William Cash
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Brother René Stockman
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A provocative collection asks what becomes of a subculture defined by transgression when the mainstream abandons its own rules
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An uninspiring portrait
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Angels in the Sistine Chapel
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Evelyn Waugh’s death, sixty years on
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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.
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Elites blocked Maria Steen’s candidacy, narrowing democracy and silencing Catholic conservatives’ voices.
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