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Hong Kong's Catholics face ‘collapse of religious freedom’
religious freedom is being lost in hong kong due to pressure from the chinese communist party, according to a new report from the committee ...
The Catholic Herald
Elisabeth Frink: Doing away with the bambino
a recent journey down a particularly long online rabbit hole – the kind of digression at which the internet still sometime excels – led me t...
Archie Hill
Ireland's vocations crisis reflects lack of ‘initiative’ and ‘evasion of issue’ by Church
the irish catholic church was seen for generations as the jewel in the crown of the english-speaking clerical world. scores of parishes in g...
DeclanMcSweeney
Religious from 60 countries converge on Vatican to prep for 2025 Jubilee of Hope
rome – religious representatives are converging on the vatican this week to prepare for the upcoming 2025 jubilee of hope celebrations, whic...
Elise Allen
Senior bishop warns European Union faces a 'critical step' this June for its 'future'
rome – ahead of looming european elections in june, and with a war on the continent still raging, the president of the european bishops has ...
Elise Allen
Cardinal Ambongo: emerging papal candidate due to Fiducia Supplicans
rome – there is a story that during british rule of india, colonial officials became concerned about poisonous cobras in the city of delhi a...
John L Allen
The problem with Saint Brigid’s pagan makeover
saint brigid now has her own state-sanctioned bank holiday in ireland, which this year falls on monday, 5 february, following the saint's fe...
Laura Perrins
African cardinal says Fiducia Supplicans has ‘damaged’ synodal process
rome – an africa cardinal who recently led the continent’s bishops in rejecting blessings for same-sex couples has now taken to task the tim...
Ngala Chimton / Crux
Chinese mainland gets bishop for first 'new Catholic diocese' since communist revolution
rome – the state-sanctioned catholic church in china has seen a new bishop’s appointment made alongside the establishment of a new diocese o...
Elise Allen
Commemorating Cardinal Consalvi: 200 years of restored relations between Great Britain and the Holy See
last week saw the bicentenary of the death of cardinal ercole consalvi, who died on 24 january 1824. brilliant, erudite and anglop...
John Martin Robinson
Religion, knowledge and liberty seen through the Michaela School prayer row
i almost certainly would have been expelled from the michaela community school within a week. like most of my so-called “boomer” generation,...
johnmillbank
Concerns for Turkey’s Christian minority after Sunday attack claimed by ISIS
rome – in the wake of a shooting at a catholic church in an istanbul neighbourhood that left one person dead, fear is once again on the rise...
Crux Staff
Women continue to be reduced to their economic output by Conservative government
as the uk general election draws ever nearer, we can expect to see some desperate attempts from the conservative party to paint the last 14 ...
Portia Berry-Kilby
The meaningless vacuity of just being 'nice'
the week of prayer for christian unity has changed its character over the years. it used to be the ecclesiastical version of birdmen leaping...
Gavin Ashenden
The terrible truth about 'assisted dying': Lessons from Canada and Australia
another big push to legalise “assisted dying” in the uk has been reinforced by celebrity endorsements, hard cases and the testimonies ...
Simon Caldwell
Sunday Gospel reflection: Parsing the devil's use of 'us'
"what do you want with us, jesus of nazareth?" (mark 1:24) why does the demon in sunday’s gospel use the plural "us" rather than the singula...
Fr David Howell
A journey of contrasts: leading Herald pilgrims along the Way of St Francis
on the evening before our motley group of 14 herald pilgrims headed off on our 108 km trek from terni towards assisi, we gathered at a littl...
William Cash
The Catholic churches of Hertfordshire
a county of new towns and london sprawl still has some interesting catholic heritage. i had forgotten hertfordshire, the large unwelcome fie...
Michael Hodges
Confusion reigns as Pope says new blessings are for same-sex couples but not their unions
pope francis has attempted to further clarify the vatican document permitting non-liturgical blessing for couples in same sex or irregular r...
The Catholic Herald
Second Canadian cardinal named in sexual abuse lawsuit
rome – a canadian cardinal and key ally of pope francis has been named in a class action sexual abuse lawsuit against the archdiocese of que...
Crux Staff
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