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The Maltese bishops' document will hurt Catholics - especially women

Catholic women deserve a more pastoral response than 'sorry, but you’d better give him what he wants'

Madeleine Teahan

New embassy signals Pope's love for Palestine, says President Abbas

The Palestinian embassy to the Holy See was inaugurated on Saturday

Catholic News Service

Long read: What liberal intellectuals get wrong about transgenderism

Most people instinctively feel threatened by the postmodern redefinition of gender. Their instincts are correct

John Milbank

Malta’s bishops tell the remarried: take Communion if you feel at peace with God

The bishops say that avoiding sex may be 'humanly impossible'

Dan Hitchens

Region in Russia stops abortions on Feast of the Holy Innocents

Russian Orthodox diocese declared January 11 a 'day of silence without abortions'

Madeleine Teahan

Influential Trump adviser is to speak at March for Life

Kellyanne Conway ran Donald Trump's campaign for the presidency

Staff Reporter

Bishops warn of intolerance after government adviser criticises Catholic schools

Bishops Philip Egan and Mark Davies said an 'equalities agenda' could lead to intolerance

Catholic News Service

Liberalism’s crisis of faith

A new politics of values is replacing an empty politics of freedom for its own sake

Fr Raymond de Souza

Ukip leader backs halving of abortion time limit

the new leader of ukip has said that he supports halving the abortion time limit to 12 weeks. speaking on lbc radio, paul nuttall said: “i w...

Staff writers

Turkey’s Catholics are fearful, says bishop

a bishop in turkey has said that catholics are fearful about attending church after recent terrorist attacks, but insisted that christians c...

Staff writers

Liberalism’s crisis of faith

one of the more satisfying recent retrospectives was the look back from the economist, the “newspaper” which offers their readers superlativ...

Fr Raymond de Souza

We can rediscover the truth about love

say what you want about death: at least it’s straightforward. no pretension. death is the dark and terrible place that no one can avoid. we ...

Simcha Fisher

Omnium Gatherum

traditionally, when twelfth night, epiphany, rolls around on january 6, holy church sings an antiphon about not just one manifestation (gree...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

Saint of the week: St Arnold Janssen (January 15)

science teacher arnold janssen was born on november 5, 1837 in the town of goch, in lower germany. he was one of 10 children raised in a rel...

Staff Reporter

Orthodoxy, sin and heresy

recently, while on the road giving a workshop, i took the opportunity to go the cathedral in the city i was in for a sunday eucharist. i was...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser

We can rediscover the truth about love

An understanding of life, childbearing and sexuality is written on our hearts. Peer through the darkness and it can still be found

Simcha Fisher

'False idols always let you down,' says Pope at general audience

At his weekly general audience, Pope Francis warned against man-made idols that only provide fleeting comforts

Catholic News Service

Cardinal Nichols renews call to welcome refugees to the UK

The Archbishop of Westminster also praised Catholics who have taken part in the community sponsorship scheme

Staff Reporter

Boston Archdiocese creates online database to help Catholics trace family history

Thousands of records dating back to 1789 will be available to view online

Associated Press

Free contraception to be offered to the poor in the Philippines

The Philippines is the only Asia-Pacific country where the rate of teen pregnancies rose over the last two decades

Associated Press

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