Nicaragua’s bishops have called for prayers ahead of new talks between government and opposition leaders.
Pope Francis has chosen an Italian Benedictine to lead his Lenten retreat.
The Serbian Orthodox Church has refused to recognise the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I is suing Princeton over ancient Byzantine manuscripts.
Czech priest Tomáš Halík has given Pope Francis a letter supported by nearly 75,000 people calling for changes in the Church.
Hudson Byblow asks why “many young men avoid retreats”.
And Renée Darline Roden wonders what St Benedict would say about smartphone addiction.
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