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Pope appoints Clifton priest as next Bishop of Plymouth
pope francis has appointed a clifton priest as the next bishop of plymouth. canon christopher whitehead will be consecrated as the 10th bish...
Simon Caldwell
Police investigate Pope's surgeon for alleged fabrication of medical records
rome – a surgeon who has twice operated on pope francis is under investigation for falsifying hospital records. the italian daily la stampa ...
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Scottish Catholic group lambasts ‘world's most extreme’ abortion ‘buffer zone’ legislation
a new bill in the scottish parliament to introduce “safe access zones” around abortion centres has scottish catholics deeply concerned, and ...
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Exclusive Interview: author and historian Adam Zamoyski on Napoleon Bonaparte, the Enlightenment, the Catholic Church and Poland
adam zamoyski is a british historian of polish origin. he has written numerous highly acclaimed books, including poland: a history, and holy...
Anthony McCarthy
Pope has chosen where he wants to be buried
pope francis addressed concerns about his health in a recent interview while discussing plans for his own funeral and burial in a different ...
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Scattering ashes still contentious: Vatican maintains ban but approves preservation in ‘sacred places’
rome – in response to a new set of dubia , or doubts, on the catholic church’s cremation practices, the vatican’s doctrinal office has...
Elise Allen
Are young scientists changing their minds about God?
contrary to the prevalent notion that science stands at odds with religion, younger scientists are more open to the concept of a higher spir...
Tom Colsy
Lionel Johnson: Poetry and Prose, by Robert Asch
celebrating a lost victorian voice. lionel johnson: poetry and prose robert asch saint austin press, £29.99, 544 pages when lionel johnson w...
Jane Cooper
A heart in search of God: walking to deepen our faith
phil mccarthy writes of the inspiration for his founding pilgrim ways, a project of walking pilgrimages in england and wales. over half a ce...
Phil McCarthy
Resting my weary feet on the Cammino di San Benedetto
mary fisher discovers the physical and mental trials of walking the cammino di san benedetto. "to be deep in history is to cease to be prote...
Mary Fisher
Reasons to visit Jordan
jane roberts explores a number of christian pilgrimage sites in the kingdom of jordan. jordan is a predominantly sunni muslim country; howev...
Jane Roberts
Christian minority killed and dying due to Gaza conflict
the israel-hamas conflict has claimed the lives of 22 people from among the roughly 1,000 christians living in gaza. an airstrike killed 17 ...
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Bishop opens and blesses new headquarters for Catholic Education Trust serving North England
the bishop of hexham and newcastle has blessed the headquarters of one of the largest multi-academy trusts in the country. bishop stephen wr...
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Was Irish bard Shane McGowan let down by his own funeral Mass and by his Church?
no one does death like the irish. so the saying goes. or so we tell ourselves. when a funeral cortege makes its way from the church to the g...
Dualta Roughneen
Gaza’s only Catholic church damaged by shrapnel
the sole catholic church in gaza was damaged over the weekend as a result of the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. the latin patria...
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Why Catholics should continue to follow the news despite anti-religious and progressive bias
i’ve encountered a tendency amongst many fellow believers—especially in more traditional quarters—to express skepticism about the need to re...
Karl Gustel Warnberg
Changing the conclave? Whatever happens next is likely also to have happened before
rome – despite two separate denials of mounting intensity, speculation continues to make the rounds that pope francis has tasked a veteran i...
John L Allen
Bishop Kukah: optimism in 'complicated' Nigeria despite fears of increasing Islamization
yaoundè, cameroon – a leading nigerian prelate has said that the very structure of the state in africa’s most populous nation is “dysfunctio...
Ngala Killian Chimtom
Not a tame pilgrimage
julian kwasniewski explores the spiritual and physical experience of going on adventure pilgrimages. in the voyage of the dawn treader , the...
Julian Kwasniewski
Decline of faith in Netherlands leaves priests 'burnt out' and demoralised
s-hertogenbosch, the netherlands – growing work pressure, parish mergers and church closings are causing stress for parish priests in the ne...
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