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Pope Paul VI was right about The Pill - now everyone else is finally catching up
(davina mccall fronts a new channel 4 documentary which exposes the problems with and dangers of the pill) the contraceptive pill has had a ...
Laura Perrins
The Church hasn't always approved of chess
for most of us, chess is a leisurely activity - a source of amusement and mental distraction. but as we speak it is being played out a...
Karl Gustel Warnberg
Dutch legalise euthanasia for primary school-age children
euthanasia is to be extended to primary school-age children in the netherlands, the dutch government has announced. health minister ernst ku...
Simon Caldwell
Islamists kill 55,000 Nigerian Christians in 14 years
islamic militants in nigeria have killed almost 55,000 christians in the last 14 years, a new report has said. since the boko haram insurgen...
Simon Caldwell
Paul Johnson 1928-2023
as a young journalist, i remember listening to the legendary paul johnson at el vino, fleet street’s famed tavern. paul dispensed merry wisd...
Mary Kenny
Pope Francis defends St. John Paul II against ‘offensive conjectures’ from brother of missing ‘Vatican girl’
pope francis on sunday defended st. john paul ii against a recent accusation that the polish pope secretly visited women at night. speaking ...
Hannah Brockhaus
The significance of Biden's visit to Knock shrine
on friday us president joe biden made an unexpected visit to ireland’s most eminent catholic shrine at knock during his visit to ireland to ...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin
Maastricht: Much more than we might think
mention the name maastricht to anyone on the british side of the atlantic and you risk setting off the brexit arguments all over again – the...
Ben Stephens
Fauré's Requiem – Facing death through music
michael white praises a production of fauré’s requiem accompanied by sky burial, and a powerful opera about a nun visiting death row. gabrie...
Michael White
Franz Wright and the cleansing truth of the Resurrection
nick ripatrazone considers the deep, spiritually introspective words of an award-winning poet who worked with grieving children. in arlingto...
Nick Ripatrazone
FBI spied on American Catholics, documents reveal
catholic churchgoers in america were spied upon by undercover government agents, leaked documentation has revealed. at least one undercover ...
Simon Caldwell
Number of adult baptisms in France rises again this year as crucifixes are erected across countryside
there was significant rise in the number of baptisms at this year’s easter vigil in france, according to figures published before the easter...
Tom Colsy
Pope appoints Spanish archbishop as Nuncio to Great Britain
pope francis has appointed a spanish archbishop who speaks six languages as the new apostolic nuncio to great britain. madrid-born archbisho...
Simon Caldwell
Long-lost chapter of Bible discovered
a long-lost chapter of biblical text has been discovered nearly 1,500 years after it was initially written. according to the study published...
Hugh Kerr
Francis of Assisi: a saint for all seasons
the director of the national gallery speaks to melanie mcdonagh about their new exhibition. it’s almost 800 years since st francis of assisi...
Melanie McDonagh
The problem with a multi-faith coronation
when one of my previous bosses, a university vice-chancellor, wanted to show his contempt for a problem, he would dismiss it as a “theologic...
Gavin Ashenden
Proposed laws on embryo experimentation and fertility treatment are rushing us headlong into a Brave New World
(the manager of bioart fertility clinics lab prepares thawed blastocysts during an in-vitro fertilisation process in johannesburg, on februa...
David Albert Jones
Mary, Mariana and Moreno: Catholic mysticism in the Ecuadorian mountains
there’s a rugged patch of the high latin american andes which is an enigmatic treat, steeped in catholic mystery, fables, prophecy and art. ...
Tom Colsy
What will the Pontifical Academy for Life conclude on the use of artificial intelligence?
in recent months, there has been a lot of discussion on social media of artificial intelligence, or ai, following the release of extremely p...
Niall Gooch
The Archbishop of Birmingham: Rejoicing with Our Lady in Eastertide
easter fires and paschal candles have been lit all over the world, and the shout of "alleluia" has been sung from east to west. now easterti...
Archbishop Longley
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