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Trump to attend March for Life

us president donald trump will address the national march for life in person on friday, making him the first president in the event’s 47-yea...

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Pro-life midwifery student banned from work placement demands apology

an undergraduate student on a midwife programme was barred from a placement in a hospital, reportedly due to her pro-life beliefs. the decis...

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Trump declares January 22 'National Sanctity of Human Life Day'

us president donald trump has declared january 22 to be national sanctity of human life day, in a proclamation signed monday. “on national s...

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After thousands protest in Paris streets, French Senate debates IVF law

debate began on a bioethics bill in the french senate on tuesday after tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of paris to p...

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The enduring strength of Les Murray's marriage

i have been reading flight from the brothers grimm: a european-australian memoir by valerie murray, published in 1916 by books unleashed. va...

Francis Phillips

Christopher Hitchens and the longing 'for a higher love'

what does it mean to state with confidence that you know someone’s disposition at death, especially if he is an avowed and public atheist? t...

Francis Phillips

Pope tells Davos: Put good of the human person above power and profit

in a message to the global delegates of the 2020 world economic forum, pope francis stressed the duty of governments and businesses to place...

Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Shutting down Jason Evert may have backfired on Ireland's progressives

The Catholic Herald

The old approach to confirmation isn't working

it is hazardous to write about children because you risk condescending, or making fun of them in that “kids say the funniest things” way – w...

Andrew M Brown

How to… Be a coeliac Catholic

bread made for celebrating the eucharist must be unleavened and made solely from wheat flour mixed with water, according to the general inst...

The Catholic Herald

Where to look when we feel we've laboured in vain

the second sunday of the year is 49:3 & 5-6; 1 cor 1:1-3; jn 1:29-34 (year a) "the lord said to me, ‘you are my servant, israel, in whom...

Bishop David McGough

How a militaristic goddess became the Venus of Western art

venus and aphrodite by bettany hughes weidenfeld and nicolson, 241pp, £12.99/$17 whether we know her as the roman venus or the greek aphrodi...

David V Barrett

Don't leap to judgment on Harry and Meghan's new venture

one of the mottoes i frequently heard in my youth was “handsome is as handsome does”: this is somewhat akin to the biblical words of wisdom ...

Mary Kenny

The KKK's Prohibition-era war on the Church

in 1923 a local ku klux klan newspaper grumbled about events in gary, indiana. enforcement of prohibition legislation (which came into effec...

Jonathan Wright

Portugal draws inspiration from the martyrs of Morocco

pope francis has granted the diocese of coimbra, in central portugal, a jubilee year which began on january 12 and will run until january 17...

Filipe D'Avillez

'A true emergency': Spanish government takes on the Church

spain’s catholic bishops have expressed fears of a conflict with the new socialist-led government over radical plans to strip the church of ...

Jonathan Luxmoore

World news: from Covington to Caracas

covington, kentucky cnn reaches settlement with covington student   cnn has reached an undisclosed settlement with nick sandmann, a ken...

Staff writers

The big story: Benedict XVI defends celibacy amid authorship furore

what happened? pope emeritus benedict xvi has entered the debate over the future of the priesthood, contributing to a book by cardinal rober...

Staff writers

New Ukrainian bishops for England and Australia

pope francis has named new bishops for the ukrainian catholic dioceses in london and in melbourne, australia. the vatican announced on wedne...

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Indian Catholics fear madrassa ruling will affect church schools

india's supreme court has allowed the government to control the appointment of teachers in educational institutions run by religious minorit...

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