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When is our life fulfilled?

when is our life fulfilled? at what point in our lives do we say, “that’s it! that’s the climax! nothing i can do from now on will outdo thi...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser

Why prisons don't get reformed

how easy it is to score a century from the pavilion. i wish i had a penny for every time i heard that adage at westminster. i heard it again...

Ann Widdecombe

In the remote Himalayas, the Church is growing at a phenomenal rate

a bishop in an isolated indian region, whose flock has grown at an astonishing pace from 900 catholics in 1979 to more than 90,000 today, sa...

Saptarshi Ray

World news

baltimore vatican intervenes at us bishops’ plenary the us bishops’ conference cancelled voting on two key proposals to deal with the abuse ...

Staff Reporter

Week in review

the big story of the past seven days ✣ britain ‘will not offer asia bibi asylum’ what happened? britain is not offering asylum to asia bibi ...

Staff Reporter

The Chinese PM who became a Benedictine monk

Lu Zhengxiang went from the height of the Chinese government to a monastic cell in Belgium

Roy Peachey

As California fires continue to burn, Catholic Charities aid victims

as wildfires continue to burn throughout the state of california, local catholic charities agencies are working with agencies in neighboring...

Jonah McKeown/CNA

Final HHS rule confirms religious exemption to contraceptive mandate

a rule finalising the religious exemption to the contraceptive mandate should be "the end of a long cultural war fight" over the issue and c...

Catholic News Service

This former seminary has found new life

Ushaw College has been resurrected as a residential research centre

Catherine Pepinster

A look at President Trump’s pro-life 'solution'

Faced with a divided Congress, what can Trump do for the pro-life movement?

Michelle La Rosa/CNA

The monk who inspired Tintin

noyelles-sur-mer is an unremarkable village with a remarkable world war ii graveyard. situated at the mouth of the river somme, noyelles was...

Roy Peachey

Cornwall: An unlikely Catholic outpost

a parish is thriving against the odds in england’s ‘wild west’ fishermen were the first disciples called by jesus, according to the gospels,...

Teresa Hunter

From Bede to Captain Pugwash

ushaw college looks a forbidding place as you drive there across the moors outside durham, and finding a new role for the former catholic se...

Catherine Pepinster

Catholic vote split in midterm elections, pro-life amendments adopted

The Catholic vote split 50-50 between the two parties, the Pew Research Center said

Christine Rousselle & CNA

Two US states vote to deny public abortion funding

One also voted to recognise the right to life of the unborn child

Staff Reporter

Parents furious after bishop tells children Santa isn't real

The Diocese of Belleville said Bishop Braxton's words were taken out of context

Staff Reporter

‘Incredibles 2’ designer says God’s creation is his inspiration

Philip Metschan says he is aware of the existence of divine inspiration

Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Pittsburgh parishes to hold special collection for Jewish congregations

11 people died after a gunman attacked the Tree of Life Synagogue last month

Catholic News Service

Pittsburgh parishes to hold special collection for Jewish congregations

11 people died after a gunman attacked the Tree of Life Synagogue last month

Catholic News Service

Northern Ireland: London calling

mps haven’t given up on introducing abortion and gay marriage to the region say “the northern ireland problem” to followers of british polit...

Dan Hitchens

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