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Oregon reveals the grimness of assisted suicide
oregon, at the vanguard of the seven us states that permit physician-assisted suicide, has released its report on the death with dignity act...
David Jones
In defence of masculinity
with the feast of st joseph coming up, let’s hear some cheers for men. for the male of the species. for manly courage and manly enduran...
Joanna Bogle
Ireland's pro-lifers still have reason to hope
growing up as an irish catholic in the 1990s and early 2000s, i was quietly but fiercely proud of my country. our economy was the envy of th...
Ben Conroy
The Charlie Brown cartoon that haunted Reagan
somerset house in london has put on an exhibition on the work of charles schulz, the american cartoonist famous for peanuts – the story of c...
Tim Stanley
Why Duterte both insults and defends priests
rodrigo duterte is arguably the most anti-clerical head of state in the world today. since he was sworn in as president in june 2016, he has...
Trevor Gardiner
The French Church after Cardinal Barbarin
the conviction of lyon’s archbishop, cardinal philippe barbarin, by a french court on march 7 for failing to report alleged sexual abuse by ...
Samuel Gregg
More Catholics, fewer priests
the comedian vic reeves once remarked that “88.2 per cent of statistics are made up on the spot”. that might not be too far off the mark whe...
The Catholic Herald
Accepting suffering is hard, but not impossible
professing christians always tremble a little at christ’s commission, that we take up our cross daily in order to follow him. yes, we want t...
Francis Phillips
O'Malley announces hotline for reporting misconduct by Boston bishops
the archdiocese of boston has announced it will implement a third-party system for reporting allegations of abuse or misconduct against bish...
Catholic News Agency
A man is suing on behalf of an aborted baby
in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the united states, an attorney will represent the estate of an aborted child, after ...
Jonah McKeown/CNA
Kansas archdiocese defends denying school place to child of same sex-couple
a k-8 catholic school in kansas is defending its decision to deny admission to a kindergarten student who is the child of a same-sex couple,...
Catholic News Agency
After Manning's death, 100,000 paid their respects. No wonder
no one was ever more eager to submit to the judgment of rome than cardinal manning, who served as archbishop of westminster from 1865 to his...
Robert Gray
Heretic of the week: Jan Maria Michał Kowalski
jan maria michał kowalski (1871-1942) was a catholic priest – at least to begin with. born in latowicz, poland, he was ordained in 1897, ser...
Charles Coulombe
Is there any stopping the surrogacy revolution?
one way to keep up with the state of progressive thought is to browse the new releases from verso books. this year they promise titles such ...
Ben Sixsmith
Catholic voters are likely to face an unappetising choice in 2020
last march, cardinal timothy dolan wrote an op-ed in the wall street journal headlined “the democrats abandon catholics”. the archbishop of ...
Michael Warren Davis
The government faces a growing parental rebellion
for most catholic parents a time will come when, sitting on the sofa at home watching pre-watershed primetime family television, for instanc...
Simon Caldwell
The week in quotations
"a great tragedy" pope emeritus benedict xvi on the conflict in ukraine meeting with archbishop shevchuk "the teaching of morals at the greg...
Staff writers
The week ahead: Family fast day, Francis's sixth anniversary, Pell sentencing
one way to help the needy this lent is to join cafod’s family fast day on friday march 15. the idea is to eat a simple meal – a bowl of soup...
Staff writers
Tennessee bishops oppose 'Heartbeat Bill' over legal concerns
the catholic bishops of tennessee have voiced their opposition to a fetal heartbeat law being considered in the state and instead urged alte...
Catholic News Agency
Where do Ash Wednesday ashes come from?
“remember you are dust and to dust you shall return.” or, “repent and believe in the gospel.” on ash wednesday, millions of catholics throug...
Mary Rezac/CNA
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