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Following St Francis
on 4 october 2003, the feast day of saint francis, i arrived in santiago de compostela, having completed the camino frances, the pilgrimage ...
Niall Gooch
Saints and Saleability
religious relics and devotional merchandise can be macabre, thought-provoking, whimsical and, in some cases, downright entertaining. in ital...
Anthony Cazalet
The Synod Needs You
a synod on synodality may seem like an oxymoron but that is what is beginning this month. pope francis wants to rethink how the church is ru...
The Catholic Herald
The Thin End of the Wedge
the spectre of so-called “assisted dying” is rearing its head again, as the british medical association controversially changes its stance t...
Justin Doherty
Bishop calls for DNA tests and physical checks as transsexuals infiltrate seminaries
transsexual women are presenting themselves as men to infiltrate catholic seminaries, a us bishop has said. bishops should now order physica...
Simon Caldwell
University reverses cancellation of chaplain who tweeted against abortion and assisted suicide
a university has performed a u-turn on its decision to “cancel” a catholic chaplain after he tweeted against abortion and assisted suicide. ...
Simon Caldwell
High Court rejects landmark case to halt late-term abortions of disabled babies
the high court has thrown out a landmark challenge to the law that permits abortion up to birth of disabled children. the case was brought b...
Simon Caldwell
Police arrest man over Mary Queen of Scots rosary theft
police have questioned a man in connection with the theft of rosary beads which belonged to mary queen of scots. the beads are said to have ...
Simon Caldwell
Pope Francis to Slovakian Jesuits: ‘Some people wanted me to die’ amid health problems
vatican city, sep 21, 2021 / 05:20 am in a private meeting with jesuits in slovakia on sept. 12, pope francis said that there were people wh...
Hannah Brockhaus
Pope Francis to theologians: See ‘contemporary challenges in light of the Wisdom of the Cross’
vatican city, sep 21, 2021 / 04:10 am pope francis urged theologians gathering in rome on tuesday to promote “a renewed understanding of con...
CNA Staff
Bishops plan novena to 'St John Paul the Great' in bid to halt assisted suicide Bill
catholics throughout england and wales are to be called to nine days of prayer at the intercession of pope st john paul ii as part of their ...
Simon Caldwell
Vatican requires vaccine pass for visitors, employees
vatican city, sep 20, 2021 / 08:15 am the vatican will require all visitors and personnel to show a covid-19 pass proving they have been vac...
Hannah Brockhaus
Margaret of Castello – the unwanted saint
on sunday, a solemn mass of thanksgiving in the church of san domenico in castillo, italy—where margaret of castillo’s body lies incorrupt—p...
Corinna Turner
Catholic diocese rejoices as priest is freed barely 24 hours after kidnapping
kafanchan, nigeria, sep 16, 2021 / 03:10 am a nigerian catholic priest kidnapped at his parish residence on monday has been freed. the pries...
CNA Staff
Catholic librarian sacked for criticising council's China contract goes to tribunal
a catholic librarian sacked after she criticised a local council for handing a multi-million pound construction contract to a state-owned ch...
Simon Caldwell
Benedict XVI: Legalization of same-sex marriage is ‘a distortion of conscience’
vatican city, sep 16, 2021 / 09:15 am pope emeritus benedict xvi has said that the legalization of same-sex marriage in many countries is “a...
Hannah Brockhaus
On papal flight, Pope Francis tackles debate over Communion for politicians who support abortion
rome, italy, sep 15, 2021 / 09:20 am pope francis said wednesday that the catholic church is firm in its stance on abortion because “abortio...
Courtney Mares
Prime Minister mourns sudden death of Catholic mother
the prime minister, boris johnson, is today mourning the death of his catholic mother who has passed away “suddenly and peacefully” in a lon...
Simon Caldwell
Sayonara to the suit
we are told, by some of the more optimistic of our fashion pundits, that the end of covid will unleash a rush of extravagance and dandyism a...
Nick Thomas
Pope Francis implores Slovakia’s Christians to pursue ‘freedom’ in Christ over comfort
washington d.c., sep 12, 2021 / 10:00 am after he arrived in slovakia on sunday, pope francis exhorted the country’s christian leaders to pr...
Matt Hadro
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