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The Union is more than a line on a map
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Swiss diocese organising drag show this week
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The complicated history of Catholic Scottish nationalism
Corrie Douglas-Young
Catholics were in America long before 1801
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The result is not a type, it is a person
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Archbishop Gallagher marks 40 years since Chernobyl with call for nuclear disarmament
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Bishop Barron joins US Commission on International Religious Freedom
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Catholic holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy case draws support after mistrial
Christine Rousselle
US bishops establish task force on artificial intelligence
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High court rejects Sall Grover’s appeal in transgender discrimination case
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Corrie Douglas-Young
Trump nominates Cissie Lynch, Billy Graham’s granddaughter, as ambassador for international religious freedom
Christine Rousselle
Pope Leo XIV appoints new bishop of Metuchen
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A first pilgrimage to Chartres
Georgia Gilholy
The dignity of hard work
Dominic Perrem
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Thomas Dongan and the Catholic origins of New York’s liberties
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Mary’s Seven Sorrows and the mystery of suffering
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Standing at the foot of the Cross
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‘Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful’
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A priest’s courage in Gaza
Andrew Nash
An unforgettable feast of sacred music
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Monsignor Gilbey at 125
Mark McGinness
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Pope Leo XIV’s first year has brought no revolutions, but a shift in mood. Stabilisation, rather than spectacle, may prove the foundation of
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Sanctifying the year
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The Sacred Liturgy contains all that is needed for a fruitful Lent, if only we are willing to enter into it with seriousness and devotion
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