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Former government minister to stand trial in Finland for tweeting verse from Bible
a former government minister facing jail after tweeting a bible verse said that her trial next week will be a test of religious freedom. päi...
CNA Staff
Downside monks to leave historic abbey after two centuries in 'stepping stone' move to Buckfast
benedictine monks are to move out of historic downside abbey as they search for a new home for the community. the last eight monks will lodg...
Simon Caldwell
Alleged vandal faces hate crime charge after major damage to Denver's Catholic cathedral
a 26-year-old woman has turned herself in on two charges related to some $10,000 in vandalism damage to denver’s cathedral basilica of the i...
Kevin-Jones
German bishop protests snub at complaint about gender-neutral language in synodal documents
a catholic bishop has criticised leaders of germany’s “synodal way” for delaying a debate on gender-neutral language. in a jan. 7 open lette...
CNA Staff
Pope Francis decries 'cancel culture' in annual address to diplomats
pope francis has lamented “cancel culture” in his address to diplomats at the vatican. delivering his annual “state of the world” address on...
CNA Staff
'Charlie's Law' bid to let parents seek care overseas for gravely ill children
parents of gravely ill children could be given a new right to seek treatment in foreign countries under a “charlie’s law” amendment to the h...
Simon Caldwell
Catholic parish asks faithful not to attend Mass unless they have Covid vaccine
a parish in nottingham has asked catholics not to attend mass if they are “not vaccinated and/or won’t wear a mask.” the parish of the holy ...
Luke Coppen CNA
Tribunal sides with Catholic nurse harassed by NHS bosses for wearing cross at work
an employment tribunal has ruled that an nhs trust harassed a catholic nurse and directly discriminated against her for wearing a cross neck...
Simon Caldwell
Have children instead of pets, Pope advises Catholic couples
pope francis has said that it is a civilizational loss when dogs and cats replace children in society, encouraging couples to “take the risk...
Courtney Mares
Queen honours English cardinal for work in inter-faith dialogue
a cardinal has spoken of his gratitude at being honoured by queen elizabeth ii in the british monarch’s annual new year’s list. cardinal mic...
Luke Coppen CNA
Twenty-two missionaries murdered in 2021, reveals Vatican in annual report
twenty-two catholic missionaries were killed around the world in 2021, half of them in africa, according to a report released by the fides n...
CNA Staff
Dickens has been proved wrong about the festive season
if charles dickens had combined his own capacity for overwrought emotional fantasy with h.g. wells’s talent for speculative fiction, a...
Nick Thomas
Look to St Joseph as a model of true courage, says Pope
st joseph, who protected his family from the persecution of king herod, teaches us how to respond to our difficulties with courage and to tr...
Hannah Brockhaus
Pope preaches peace during Christmas Day Urbi et Orbi blessing
giving his traditional christmas day “urbi et orbi” blessing, pope francis urged leaders to be open to dialogue to resolve the world’s many ...
CNA Staff
Legal Notebook
if the assisted dying bill does return to parliament and become law, who may and may not be statutorily protected from compulsory involvemen...
Sir Stephen Stewart
The Catholic soul of Middle Earth
jrr tolkien has had some unexpected admirers – joni mitchell, iris murdoch, terry pratchett and wh auden – and to their number is now added ...
Gertrude Clarke
Abortion politics in the US
on 1 december 2021, the united states supreme court heard oral argument in the case of dobbs v jackson women’s health organization, the most...
Ken Craycraft
Can we prove God exists?
the sense of wonder many of us feel when looking at the world around us is not only a fundamental driving force in the quest for scientific ...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
The relics of St Bernadette come to Britain this year
on the morning of 11 february 1858, bernadette soubirous, her sister and jeanne abadie went off in search of wood and bones, the wood to be ...
Fr Allan White OP
Unwelcome alteration
there is a folk history of the reformation in england which goes roughly as follows: in the years immediately before the break with rome, th...
Niall Gooch
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