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Pope Leo’s peace vigil to be lit by Assisi’s Lamp of Peace

Papal visit prompts rapid infrastructure works in Cameroon

Premature twins born at only 27 weeks now thriving at home with family

Pope names Milan-born priest to senior role at Pontifical Academy for Life

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US dioceses report rise in Easter receptions into the Catholic Church

New figures suggest a broad increase in adult baptisms and receptions, as clergy and Catholic leaders point to a search for truth

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From Holy Week to world stage: Leo XIV’s call for peace

Cardinal Aveline urges dialogue with SSPX as consecrations proceed

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“War is only death”: Apostolic Nuncio calls for ceasefire and talks as Lebanon reels from attacks

The non-debate about Christ’s Jewishness

Where Rome and Canterbury meet: Hereford’s Easter Vigil

What is the Vatican getting from its China deal?

Artificial wombs and the limits of ‘procreative control’

Anthony McCarthy

Christ’s Jewishness is not up for debate

Georgia L. Gilholy

When does Easter end?

Beyond therapy: rediscovering community and Confession

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Beyond therapy: rediscovering community and Confession

Will there be food in Heaven?

Clement Harrold

Death in the Catholic imagination

How the Church keeps the sacred days of Holy Week

Clement Harrold

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From Holy Week to world stage: Leo XIV’s call for peace

What Pope Leo’s Easter decisions reveal about his priorities

As Leo travels, old battles over the priesthood return

Leo XIV returns to the Apostolic Palace as tensions rise elsewhere

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Beyond therapy: rediscovering community and Confession

One year a Catholic

Why I am being baptised today — and returning to Lourdes on Monday

Why Catholics should take the dating crisis seriously

From ‘fiat’ to fruit: what the Annunciation means for marriage

Adelaide di Maggio

The return of wonder

Finding God in the age of the algorithm

How self-reflection aids discernment

Kerri Christopher

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“War is only death”: Apostolic Nuncio calls for ceasefire and talks as Lebanon reels from attacks

Speaking from Lebanon, the Holy See’s ambassador said the country ‘desires and deserves’ peace as fresh violence deepened displacement and fear

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When does Easter end?

Will there be food in Heaven?

Clement Harrold

Pope Leo's Easter Sunday message in full

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The triumphant voice of Melito of Sardis

Melito of Sardis

Culture

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Zurbarán: painting, piety and the power of stillness

From haunting crucifixions to the quiet intensity of the Agnus Dei, Zurbarán’s work invites a deeply devotional response

Melanie McDonagh

An uninspiring portrait

Melanie McDonagh

Angels in the Sistine Chapel

Edward Barrett-Shortt

Evelyn Waugh’s death, sixty years on

The Isenheim Altarpiece and the consolation of Christ’s suffering

Fr Gavan Jennings

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October/November 2025

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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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.

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AI: helping angel or diabolic machine?

Pope Leo’s warnings and hopes for AI, probing dignity, labour, justice, and Church responsibilities for governing algorithms.

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On the limits of liberalism

Sr Camilla and her merry band of nuns

Christianity is a civilising force in a polarised world

Do Catholics make good historians?

Nick Ripatrazone

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