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Ruth Kelly backs campaign to scrap the cap on faith admissions to Catholic schools
ruth kelly, the former education secretary, has added her voice to calls for a notorious cap on faith-based admissions to new catholic schoo...
Simon Caldwell
Catholic Multi-Academy Trusts run by CEOs are putting our schools in peril
just before covid, the little old lady who lived next door to us sold her 3-bedroom house to a bulgarian couple who had plans to turn it int...
Katherine Bennett
Bishops back Ghana's efforts to resist Western imposition of sexual rights agenda
faith leaders support african nation's right to preserve cultural and religious values in face of threats to international funding, reports ...
The Catholic Herald
Letby murders are far from 'unthinkable' in a world which celebrates abortion
it’s a bit late to be worrying about the polar ice caps melting when the ground under our feet was lost years ago. a nation that ...
Katherine Bennett
Pope praises heroism of anti-Mafia priest ahead of murder anniversary
pope francis has praised the life and testimony of italian father pino puglisi 30 years after he was gunned down by mafia hitmen. in a lette...
Elise Allen
Politician who calls Pope 'imbecile' and 'son of a b*' comes out top in Argentine primaries
são paulo – catholics in argentina appear both somewhat startled and also divided by the surprising recent success of a firebrand politician...
Eduardo Campos Lima
Mass exodus as mobs burn churches and homes in Pakistan
up to 15 church buildings have been attacked and hundreds of christian homes destroyed after extremists went on the rampage in pakistan. chr...
John Pontifex
Poor formation in faith has left Church too weak to fight, says San Francisco archbishop
inadequate religious education and formation of u.s. catholics in their faith has weakened the church when it is being “explicitly attacked”...
Simon Caldwell
Indian Church appeals for end of 'ethnic cleansing' of Christian tribes
an archbishop in north-east india, who has seen his diocese at the centre of a wave of deadly attacks, has issued an urgent appeal for praye...
The Catholic Herald
Bishops fight to scrap cap on faith-based admissions to Catholic schools
senior bishops have added their weight to a campaign to scrap a notorious cap on faith-based admissions to new catholic schools. in 2010 the...
Simon Caldwell
Chaldean Patriarch says withdrawal of recognition of his role is climax of campaign to seize Church's assets
the leader of iraq’s largest christian community has condemned a presidential order overturning a decree which recognises him as patriarch, ...
Olenka Hamilton
Pope says maintaining Church teaching on ordination and marriage not a sign of closed-mindedness
papal plane – returning from lisbon on sunday, pope francis insisted that maintaining the church's traditional teachings on ordination and m...
Elise Ann Allen
Life without crises is barely life at all, Pope Francis tells young people
lisbon –pope francis has met with young people involved in an organisation he established personally in buenos aires, encouraging them to ac...
Elise Ann Allen
Painted Love in Bath, Somerset
the marriage portraits at an exhibition in bath not only capture a likeness, but contain much symbolism, says katherine cole . walk through ...
Katherine Cole
The Church did not fail Sinéad O'Connor, modern Ireland did
in its 2022 report on human rights in afghanistan, amnesty international summarises the situation which would not be unfamiliar to most peop...
Dualta Roughneen
US Catholic Schools performed better in the pandemic than state schools
despite their high success rate, catholic schools in the us are struggling for funding – and for survival – says jamie macguire . according ...
James MacGuire
The Catholic Herald's Leading UK Catholics 2023
every year, the catholic herald draws up a list of prominent catholics in the uk – and every year, the criteria for entry are slightly diffe...
The Catholic Herald
Enoch Burke case: the unanswered questions
irish schoolteacher enoch burke has been ordered to pay costs to wilson’s hospital secondary school after the high court determined that the...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin
Senior US Catholics gather in Napa Valley for annual conference
leading us catholic think tank the napa institute begins its 13 th annual conference “what we need now” today at the meritage hotel in...
Hugh Kerr
Antonia Fraser: how the Book of Ruth shaped me
antonia fraser on how the strong female characters and implicit romance in the book of ruth had a profound effect on her own development my ...
Antonia Fraser
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