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coptic christian shot dead in latest attack militants shot a coptic christian man dead outside his barbershop on saturday in egypt’s north s...

Staff Reporter

Fatima at 100: How I set a miracle to music

the people at the shrine in fatima approached me some years ago about writing a new work to mark the centenary of the apparitions in 2017. i...

Sir James MacMillan

Fatima at 100: Can a scientist take Fatima seriously?

the question in the headline implies that the expected answer is “no”, but as a former particle physicist, my response is “why not?” contrar...

Fr Andrew Pinsent

Fatima at 100: Fatima’s harrowing message of freedom

at fatima, our lady scared the hell out of the children to whom she appeared. or more precisely, she frightened the children out of hell and...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Science and faith: The club that could extend your life

yesterday i had a telephone call from rupert (not his real name). i usually see him once a fortnight but recently he has been away suffering...

Quentin de la Bedoyere

Mary Kenny: Ireland’s vanishing blasphemy law

ireland has been criticised – even condemned – once again because the performer and writer stephen fry has been accused of blasphemy, under ...

Mary Kenny

Television: A drama that made me feel sick to my soul

benedict xvi once noted that in the early church, converts were asked to renounce not just the devil’s sins but also his pomp. pomp partly r...

Tim Stanley

The highs and lows of a crusading journalist

ludo and the power of the book by richard ingrams, constable, £20 between 1961 and 1986, ludovic kennedy wrote five books about miscarriages...

Bob Woffinden

Briefly noted

the pilgrims’ way by leigh hatts (cicerone press, £12.95) . the author has written an excellent guide for walkers tackling the ancient pilgr...

Staff writers

Piers Paul Reid: The Fatima secret the Church ignores

of the dozen or so sites where the church accepts that mary, the mother of god, has appeared in visions, i have been to three – two as a tou...

Piers Paul Read

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The Catholic Herald

Fatima at 100: Can a scientist take the Miracle of the Sun seriously?

A scientific perspective does not rule out miracles. We must remain open to exploring the unexplained

Fr Andrew Pinsent

Video: Pope tells Portuguese people Fatima visit is pilgrimage of 'peace and hope'

During the visit, the pope was to preside over the canonization ceremony of two of the young seers, Blessed Francisco and Blessed Jacinta Marto

Catholic News Service

Morning Catholic must-reads: 11/05/17

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Luke Coppen

Pope Francis: Mary teaches people to hope in life's darkest moments

'We are not orphans, we have a mother in heaven,' the Pope said

Junno Arocho Esteves

Morning Catholic must-reads: 10/05/17

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Luke Coppen

Kidnapped priest pleads for Church help in video message

Asking his family and friends to pressure the authorities, he said, 'Please, please, do what you what you can to get me released. May God bless you for that.'

Catholic News Service

Jesuits to return 525 acres of land to Native Americans

'It's now time to give back to the tribe all of those pieces of land that were given to the church for church purposes,' Fr John Hatcher said

Catholic News Service

What should Catholics think of Macron? The signs are not encouraging

If he really does believe that truth is inaccessible, then France has a president who believes in the dictatorship of relativism

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Jakarta's Christian governor sentenced to 2 years in prison for blasphemy

The blasphemy case was a decisive factor in Ahok's defeat to a Muslim candidate in last month's election

Associated Press

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