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Government integration advisor: 'Catholic schools cannot oppose gay marriage'

During a parliamentary hearing, Dame Louise Casey criticised Catholic schools who oppose marriage redefinition

Madeleine Teahan

Abortion survivor to speak at West Coast's Walk for Life

Melissa Ohden was delivered during a saline infusion abortion and founded the Abortion Survivors Network

Catholic News Service

Stand up to 'enemies of peace', Pope urges diplomats

At the start of a new year, Pope Francis formally addressed diplomats in the Vatican

Catholic News Service

Catholic parents forgive suicide bomber who killed their son in Pakistan

The couple's son died in the attack by Pakistani Taliban group Jaamat-ul-Ahrar on Easter Sunday

Murcadha O Flaherty and Josue Villalon

Church is the ideal place for the elderly to stave off loneliness

Far too many old people are placed in care homes, rather than being looked after by their families

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Judge allows lawsuit to proceed against Legion of Christ

The lawsuit brought by an anti-abortion group says the Legion interfered with an inheritance the group should have received

Associated Press

Baby safe after being found abandoned at Minnesota cathedral

The infant was left in a plastic laundry basket at the entrance to the church

Catholic News Service

Vatican offers help to the homeless on the streets of Rome

Thermal sleeping bags were distributed to some rough sleepers

Cindy Wooden

Huge Catholic procession takes place under heavy security in Manila

Security measures put in place due to fears of an Islamist attack

Associated Press

Luther affirmed Mary's perpetual virginity. It's a shame that many Protestants now reject it

The Reformers understood that Mary's status protects Christian beliefs about Jesus

Aaron Taylor

The poem that sums up the selflessness of the English martyrs

Blessed Thomas Belson was only 23 when he wrote of his imprisonment. Three years later, he was dead

Francis Phillips

Ten stories to watch in 2017

last year proved beyond all doubt that journalists are terrible at predicting the future. few commentators foresaw brexit, the emergence of ...

The Catholic Herald

In brief

pope tells bishops: the church weeps at abuse in a letter to the world’s bishops for the feast of the holy innocents, pope francis has said ...

Staff writers

The abortion industry exposed

a devastating report emerged before christmas from the care quality commission following inspections of marie stopes international (msi) abo...

Madeleine Teahan

Colin Brazier: The guests who must be handled with care

for weeks on end – and at the time of writing – i remain “on standby” to go to mosul in iraq. being on call is one of the most disruptive an...

Colin Brazier

Cardinal Müller’s balancing act

over the past year, the prospect that pope francis would take the church on a trajectory radically different from that of his predecessors h...

Fr Mark Drew

Television: The horror spoof that gave me nightmares

at christmas we take a few days off work to spend time with the tv. this year i mostly watched harry potter grow old and stroppy. by the six...

Tim Stanley

‘You live in a vale of tears. Get used to it’

a day at a time by mary kenny, new island books, £13.99 mary kenny is a veteran journalist who describes her career as the “modest success o...

Charlie Hegarty

Lectio Divina

matthew 3:13-17 (baptism of the lord) 13 at that time jesus arrived from galilee and came to john at the jordan to be baptised by him. 14 bu...

Mgr Anthony Abela

Blessed of the week: Ana Monteagudo Ponce de Leon

disinherited ana monteagudo ponce de leon was born in the peruvian city of arequipa in 1602. when she was 14 her father withdrew her from sc...

Staff Reporter

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