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CES rejects report accusing Catholic schools of snubbing SEND children
catholic school representatives in the united kingdom have rejected the conclusions of a report which claims that catholic primary schools s...
Charles Collins
Pope responds to cardinals' dubia, says 'maybe' to blessing some same-sex unions, ‘no’ on women priests
rome – responding to a group of five cardinals who posed critical questions about his upcoming synod of bishops on synodality, pope francis ...
Elise Allen
Cardinals send 'dubia' to Pope Francis before Synod on Synodality
rome – five cardinals have submitted a new set of dubia , or doubts, to pope francis regarding his synod of bishops on synodality whic...
The Catholic Herald
How Blaise Pascal's legacy endures – and gains the respect of Pope Francis
benjamin ivry on the french catholic polymath blaise pascal, born 400 years ago, whose sharp mind inspired a kinship with pope francis....
Benjamin Ivry
Pope Francis to new cardinals on future of Church: 'Mutual listening is essential'
rome – pope francis told the 21 new cardinals he created on saturday, who come from all over the world, that their diversity is a gift which...
Elise Allen
Christian Voice Ireland event: the Irish thought police strike again
you will be aware that "ireland has changed." the irish media never stop telling you how much ireland has changed, now that they have thrown...
Laura Perrins
Pope Francis confesses to bullying fat kid so badly his father made him apologise
rome - pope francis has criticised the practice of so-called “fat shaming” or “body shaming” - and admitted that he once bullied a boy...
The Catholic Herald
Countering scepticism and the value of apologetics
i have a distinct memory of the first time i ever knowingly encountered outspoken scepticism about christianity, in the playground of my pri...
Niall Gooch
Nigeria bishops denounce violence, including assaults on priests and other Christians
yaoundè, cameroon – catholic bishops in africa’s most populous nation have warned that nigeria effectively has been taken over by insurgents...
Ngala Killian Chimtom
Gloria, Dowager Princess of Thurn und Taxis: Fervent campaigner for conservative Catholic values and practices
from biker princess to catholic activist. when i last wrote about gloria, dowager princess of thurn und taxis – aka the harley davidson-driv...
William Cash
A split running through the Church
john l allen jr considers how the synod of bishops will be able to deal with hugely divisive issues. on october 4, the curtain will rise on ...
John Allen
Pope in Marseille sent secular Europe a clear message on life
rome – although the issue of migration was front and centre during his overnight visit to marseille, pope francis sent another strong messag...
Elise Ann Allen
Pope Francis in Marseille: migrants should be viewed as gifts, not as a burden
marseille – after a week of rising tensions within europe amid a surge in migrant arrivals, with some countries, including france, taking me...
Elise Allen
Pakistan Christians reeling after violence
catholic bishops in pakistan call for justice after angry muslim mob carries out ʻworst attack on christians in nationʼs historyʼ. chr...
John Pontifex
Over 1,000 people sign petition to 'scrap the cap' on faith-based admissions to new free schools
over 1,000 people have signed the catholic union’s open letter to the education secretary, gillian keegan, calling on her to lift the cap on...
The Catholic Herald
Condemning Russell Brand will not change the warped culture of relativism which created him
it’s presumptuous of me to begin by quibbling with shakespeare, but he’s dead and i’m feeling a bit kicky this morning. “what’s in a name?” ...
Katherine Bennett
How the 60s paved the way for today's culture wars
philip larkin, in annus mirabilis , tells us that: “sexual intercourse began/in nineteen sixty-three/(which was rather lat...
Anthony McCarthy
How a persecuted Dutch family found asylum in Poland
the fate of children takes a particular centre-stage in the gospels. jesus articulates ethics that warn in the starkest terms about the impo...
Gavin Ashenden
Raising children in Britain is becoming increasingly hard
g.k. chesterton when talking about children said, “as we walk the streets and see below us those delightful bulbous heads, three times too b...
Laura Perrins
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: The return of the school uniform in France
in 2017 saint-jean de passy, a private school in the 16th arrondissement of paris, introduced what it called a “practical, modern and sober”...
Gavin Mortimer
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