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Cardinal: Church still ‘obstinate’ on marriage

cardinal vincent nichols, the president of the bishops’ conference of england and wales, has said the church will continue to be “obstinate”...
Staff writers

Bishops: vote on Brexit, migrants and the family

the bishops of england and wales have issued guidance for the forthcoming general election, urging catholics to question candidates on issue...
Staff writers

The homophobic bullying dilemma

homophobic bullying plainly exists and is contrary to the teaching of the church – so what could be wrong with a document on combatting it? ...
Dan Hitchens

‘They think I don’t know anything’

the salesian house of studies has not changed much since it was built on a hong kong hillside in the 1930s. but the city around it has alter...
Megan Griffiths

Northern Ireland’s buried secrets

forty-five years is a long time to wait for anything. yet the family of joe lynskey, missing since 1972, has not given up on finding his bod...
Claire McGowan

The art of raising 15 children – alone

when i get in touch with rosa pich by skype during holy week, i discover that she is on holiday with 12 of her children in torreciudad, a sh...
Jack Valero

Television: This is the perfect comedy for 2017

i have to say a word in defence of all round to mrs brown’s , the bbc one series that has just ended (but can be found on iplayer). leftie c...
Tim Stanley

Theatre: Sam Mendes’s IRA drama is a triumph

the moment the royal court announced it was staging jez butterworth’s the ferryman , the whole season sold out and a west end transfer was g...
Robert Tanitch

The unheeded prophets of the abortion wars

defenders of the unborn by daniel williams, oup, £23 daniel williams’s defenders of the unborn is a fascinating, revealing and even-handed a...
Piers Shepherd

Searching for the true face of Islam

letters to a young muslim by omar saif ghobash, picador, £12.99 this is a thought-provoking book, written by the united arab emirates’ ambas...
Jack Carrigan

Meet the Catholic mother raising 15 children alone

Against the odds, Rosa Pich and her husband, Chema, became the parents of Spain's largest family. Then tragedy struck
Jack Valero

Let's be honest: Catholic teaching doesn't always forbid the death penalty

Most of the great theologians have defended the principle of capital punishment. We're in danger of forgetting why
Marc Mason

Labour waters down Northern Ireland abortion pledge

The party had pledged to legalise the practice in the province without mentioning the Northern Ireland Assembly
Nick Hallett

Help end 'absurd' wars with penance and prayer, Pope Francis says

'Today, too, there is a great need of prayer and penance to plead for the grace of conversion, to plead for the end of so many wars that are all over the world', the Pope said
Catholic News Service

Bishops emphasise protection of EU citizens’ rights in general election guidance

'Where do your candidates stand on the future of EU citizens in the UK and reciprocal rights for UK citizens in the EU?' the bishops ask.
Nick Hallett

Pope Francis tells Fatima pilgrims: Follow the Mary of the Gospel

Do you honour 'a woman blessed because she believed always and everywhere in God's words or a 'plaster statue' from whom we beg favours at little cost?' the Pope asked
Junno Arocho Esteves

Downside's Georgian cookbook is a feast in its own right

'I would recommend the Sally Lunn bun to anybody,' Dom Christopher Calascione says
Francis Phillips

Cardinal who converted captors declared Venerable

pope francis has signed a decree declaring vietnamese cardinal françois nguyen van thuan as venerable. the decree confirms that cardinal van...
Staff Reporter

Boko Haram frees 82 schoolgirls

eighty-two of the schoolgirls abducted by boko haram three years ago have been released. they were among 276 girls taken from their school i...
Staff Reporter

Does Trump’s order change anything?

in 2015, a government inspector at a michigan meatpacking factory found some offensive material in the lunch room: a “tract” – we don’t know...
Dan Hitchens

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