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London's restaurants are to die for – literally

one of the risks of visiting london is wandering into a restaurant so comprehensively appalling it could have been designed by gordon ramsay...

New Mexico close to passing 'most extreme' abortion bill

since the end of january, the legislatures of new york, virginia and other states have made headlines by approving or introducing policies t...

Morning Catholic must-reads: 14/02/19

pope francis is said to have declined nicolás maduro’s invitation to mediate in venezuela. french catholics have reported 10 acts of desecra...

Investigation exonerates Covington students

an independent investigation into the interaction last month between covington high school students and a native american man has exonerated...

In leaked letter to 'Mr Maduro,' Pope Francis reiterates call for peace

pope francis has sent a letter to nicolas maduro responding to a recent invitation to mediate in the venezuelan political crisis, according ...

Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/02/19

haiti’s bishops have declared that the country is “on the edge of the abyss” . a new book claims that “around 80 per cent of clerics working...

Pope signs decree recognising second Newman miracle

blessed john henry newman is headed for sainthood. pope francis on tuesday authorised the congregation for the causes of saints to issue a d...

Archbishop: 152 priests in Mexico removed for abuse in last 9 years

Morning Catholic must-reads: 12/02/19

the vatican has received a venezuelan delegation affiliated with self-declared president juan guaidó . archbishop eamon martin will call for...

Holy See receives Venezuelan opposition delegation

the vatican secretariat of state received on monday a delegation from venezuela affiliated with opposition leader juan guaido, who has been ...

New York archdiocese responds to Cardinal Spellman groping allegation

the archdiocese of new york has said it had only recently learned of an allegation that the deeply influential cardinal francis spellman gro...

Cardinal Kasper says Müller's manifesto spreads 'confusion and division'

Morning Catholic must-reads: 11/02/19

at yesterday’s angelus, pope francis urged governments to tackle the causes of human trafficking “with determination” ( full text , full vid...

Analysis: Archbishop McCarrick, Bishop Zanchetta, Pope Francis, and the Vatican abuse summit

Venezuelan cardinal rejects Maduro's call for Vatican mediation

the archbishop of merida has ruled out vatican mediation of the venezuelan crisis after president nicolas maduro made public a letter to pop...

Ealing abbot resigns after admitting failure to report abuse

the abbot of ealing abbey has resigned after admitting that he failed to report an allegation of abuse against his predecessor to the police...

How to… Make the most of suffering

February 8, 2019

Letters & emails

obesity, genes and st thomas aquinas sir – mary kenny (comment, february 1) says that a new report sheds light on the long-running deba...

Latin is the true language of love

since next week we mark the feast of st valentine – a priest and physician in rome whose cult came to be associated with love because of the...

Duterte is exploiting the bishops' relative weakness

last weekend the philippines was engulfed by rumours that the country’s mercurial president, rodrigo duterte, had died. the 73-year-old had ...

Asia Bibi's exoneration is good news for other victims of the blasphemy law

asia bibi has, at long last, triumphed in her search for justice. when the supreme court of pakistan last week threw out a challenge against...